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The Guardian - UK
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James Richardson

Football Weekly: Champions League build-up and FA Cup let-down

James Richardson is joined by Kevin McCarra, Rob Smyth and Raphael Honigstein to thrash out all the big weekend talking points.

The pod look at why the FA Cup has lost so much credibility and wonder how it could be improved, but also marvel at the quality of Arsenal's goals and enjoy seeing Everton in the last four.

There's a full Champions League preview ahead of the midweek games, with Paolo Bandini in to talk about the Italian clubs' chances, and Sid Lowe on the phone with the views from Spain.

And if all that wasn't enough, the real Ronaldo is back and scoring for Corinthians. James speaks to Tom Phillips in Brazil to find how this went down in São Paulo.

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