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Presented by James Richardson and produced by Matt Hill

Football Weekly Extra: a Champions League blockbuster awaits

James Richardson gets down in the pod with Barry Glendenning, John Ashdown and Paul MacInnes to:

• deliver a vaguely bewildered response to the last 16 draw for the Champions League, and the British teams' prospects.

• get the hot chat on with Sid Lowe about the Spanish teams' Champions League hopes and to wish Barcelona Tito Vilanova a swift recovery.

• offer a rare mention of Tottenham

• give a Premier League weekend preview

• and discuss who the pod would sing a duet with at a Christmas party.

The pod crew are back on Christmas Eve, when the subject of the Guardian's top 100 footballers in the world list will be up for discussion. Until then …

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