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Will last weekend’s Madrid derby be an early turning point in this season? With Los Colchoneros scoring big, and Los Blancos hosting Villarreal, could Simeone haul Atléti towards the top?

Pete and I don’t have the answer – but we will do after this weekend. Here’s our usual segment to prepare you for Jornada 8, which also features:

🇨🇦 Leonard Cohen and …

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We might have expected more glitz and glamour last night – but, in the end, it’s job done for Luis Enrique and Paris Saint-Germain.

For Hansi Flick, there are CLEARLY jobs still to be done! Last night’s defeat raised some serious questions about physicality, aggression and stamina, which Pete and I spoke about with the Socios at full-time.

Does this spell…

Lamine Yamal - barring major misfortune - is headed for the kind of iconic status enjoyed by sporting legends such as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Simone Biles and Shane Warne… and in Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Real Sociedad, he showed that strokes of genius are not just the product of his left foot.

Xabi Alonso has been on the end of some heavy criticism in the Spanish press after the weekend’s 5-2 defeat in the Madrid derbi.

And a word on Elche…

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