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Football Weekly Extra: Chelsea bully Barcelona, Bayern beat Real

There's a continental flavour to today's Football Weekly Extraaaa, with professional Bavarian Raf Honigstein, Italianate James Horncastle and – straight out of west London – Jacob Steinberg joining James Richardson to look back on the Champions League semi-finals.

Chelsea's old guard showed they've still got fight in them as they held off Messi and co to sneak a 1-0 win against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge, while Bayern Munich came out on top in their tussle with Real Madrid. So, with El Clásico ahead this weekend, is it all over for the Spanish giants?

Next, we look ahead to the weekend's action in the Premier League, including Manchester United's tricky game with Everton and resurgent Wigan's inevitable loss to Fulham.

Finally, we give our views on the PFA Player of the Year shortlist, and salute Reading, who have powered their way back to the big time while Big Sam's West Ham look to have blown it.

Philippe Auclair's with us on Monday - make sure you are too.

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