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Euro Leagues: Italian drama & Diego Simeone’s future

26 February 2026

48 minutes

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Steve Crossman and the panel react to an action packed couple of nights in the Champions League. Julien Laurens, Mina Rzouki &, Guillem Ballagué give their reaction to a busy week for Italian clubs including Juventus’ near comeback, Atalanta’s late win over Borussia Dortmund and, Inter Milan’s shock defeat to Bodø/Glimt.

In Spain, Real Madrid survived an early scare against Benfica to progress to the next round. Benfica had a plethora of chances. This doesn’t feel like a particularly strong Real Madrid side like the ones of old.

Atletico Madrid are through to an eighth Champions League Round of 16 stage under Diego Simeone, but will it be his last? Had they gone out could it have been a different story for the Argentine.

TIME CODES

00:00 Intro

01:00 Inter Milan fall to Bodø/Glimt

12:30 Juventus knocked out

14:00 Is there an Italian football crisis?

24:30 Atalanta’s late drama to go through

31:02 Real Madrid scrape past Benfica

34:35 The Kylian Mbappe situation

43:33 Atletico Madrid & Diego Simeone’s future

5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:

Sat 1500 Liverpool v West Ham,

Sat 1500 Newcastle v Everton on Sports Extra,

Sat 1730 Leeds v Man City,

Sun 1200 Rangers v Celtic,

Sun 1400 Man Utd v Crystal Palace,

Sun 1400 Fulham v Tottenham on Sports Extra,

Sun 1400 Brighton & Hove v Nottingham Forest on Sports Extra 2,

Sun 1630 Arsenal v Chelsea.