Stadio: A Football Podcast

This week, Musa and Ryan begin with the Premier League’s silly Sunday, full of curious decisions and moments of brilliance. They start by looking back at Chelsea’s commanding win over Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, thanks in no small part to N’Golo Kanté’s second-half introduction (03:34), and how the result provided a rare statistical quirk with Liverpool, who won 3-0 over Crystal Palace...

Champions League is back and so are Musa and Ryan. There’s chat about Barcelona’s defeat to Bayern at Camp Nou (04:15), David Wagner’s Young Boys beating Manchester United (14:29), and Manchester City’s kind-of-but-not-quite demolition of RB Leipzig, with Jack Grealish scoring in his first match in the tournament (25:11). There’s also chat about Liverpool’s win over Milan (30:07), Jude Bellingham...

Musa and Ryan begin in Germany this week, with arguably the game of the weekend taking place in the Bundesliga, as Dortmund were victorious over Bayer Leverkusen in a seven-goal thriller (05:17), as well as Bayern’s win in Leipzig to continue a tricky start for Jesse Marsch (19:17) and first wins of the season for Gladbach and Hertha (23:00). Next up, it’s the Premier League, with a huge win for C...

Musa and Ryan begin by reflecting on the death of the great Michael K. Williams (00:55), who played some of their favorite TV roles. They then touch on some stories from the men’s international break, including Weston McKennie being sent home from the USMNT camp after violating COVID-19 protocols (06:34), the chaos of Brazil vs. Argentina being suspended (18:00), and more. Then it's on to the main...

With Musa on the road with Wrighty, he and Ryan recorded on Wednesday, reflecting on some key transfer deadline day deals, beginning with the loan deals that saw Antoine Griezmann return to Atlético Madrid, Saul Niguéz head to Chelsea, and Luuk de Jong arrive at Barcelona (04:40). There’s also chat about Hector Bellerin’s loan to Real Betis with another right back, Takehiro Tomiyasu, going to Arse...

Musa and Ryan look back at Liverpool’s heavyweight clash against Chelsea at Anfield (4:07), before touching on some other talking points from the Premier League weekend, including some love for Spurs and West Ham (19:00), another 5-0 win for Manchester City (22:08), Manchester United’s record away win (25:37), and the good and bad of Cristiano Ronaldo’s re-signing (28:21). They then head to France...

Musa and Ryan chat about some of the midweek results (3:58) before diving into the mailbag once more. They build a Premier League XI, using only one player from any club (9:40), and discuss Christian Pulisic’s playing time (18:55), removing one thing from the game (21:53), passes and runs (26:03), which rules in football they would change, whether aliens play the beautiful game (32:20), teams to n...

Musa and Ryan reflect on Chelsea’s comfortable win over Arsenal at the Emirates, thanks in no small part to the return of Romelu Lukaku, who scored on his debut (03:40). They then round up the rest of the Premier League results (21:34), before heading to France, where there were ugly scenes in Nice as they hosted Marseille (32:39). There’s a quick trip around the Bundesliga (39:14), Levante causin...

Musa and Ryan touch on a couple of midweek matches (03:45) before opening up the first 'Stadio' mailbag of the season. They answer questions on fans’ responsibility upon their returns (11:36), hot takes for the season (18:56), what to take to a desert island (29:58), favorite Prince tunes (33:22), sportswashing (34:28) and who the new "always watch" side will be this year (43:09). Hosts: Musa Okwo...

Musa and Ryan look back on the Premier League’s opening weekend, starting with Spurs beating reigning champions Manchester City (04:03) and an almost perfect afternoon for Manchester United (13:52). They then touch on routine but impressive wins for Chelsea (19:18) and Liverpool (23:05) and round up the rest of the Premier League (24:56), including an unbelievable night for Brentford (31:45). In P...

'Stadio' is back for the new season! Musa and Ryan talk in depth about Lionel Messi joining PSG on a free transfer, leaving Barcelona after 21 years with the club. They chat about the path that led Barcelona to lose their greatest-ever player, how it might be the most seismic transfer ever, and the prospect of a ludicrously talented PSG front four (5:34). In Part 2, they give shout-outs to Canada’...

It's the final 'Stadio' of the season, so Musa and Ryan are joined by Ian Wright to discuss Italy’s win over England in the Euro 2020 final (02:47). There’s a lot of love for Roberto Mancini and his Italy side as well as Gareth Southgate and the England squad, who have done a remarkable job on and off the pitch this summer. They then look back at Saturday’s Copa América final, Argentina winning th...

Musa and Ryan are back to talk about England making it through to a major final for the first time since the 1966 World Cup (04:07). There’s praise for this England squad and Gareth Southgate, as well as for Denmark, who have been remarkable at Euro 2020 (28:48). They then look back at Italy’s progression through to the final, including their win over Spain on penalties (31:08), before touching on...

Musa and Ryan react to the first two quarterfinals, which saw Italy victorious over Belgium, despite suffering an injury blow with the loss of Leonardo Spinazzola (1:47). They then look back at the earlier game, where Spain scraped through on penalties against Switzerland, and look ahead to their semifinal matchup (20:44). Hosts: Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn Producer: Ryan Hunn Additional Production...

Chris Ryan, Musa Okwonga, and Ryan Hunn provide their instant reactions on Greenroom to Switzerland defeating France and Spain’s thrilling extra-time win over Croatia before looking ahead to Germany vs. England. Hosts: Chris Ryan, Musa Okwonga, and Ryan Hunn Production Assistant: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices For more podcasts, ad-free and in f...

Musa and Ryan look back at the four round of 16 matches from the weekend, beginning with Belgium surviving Portugal’s strong final half hour to go through thanks to a wonder goal from Thorgan Hazard (06:43). There’s also chat about the Czech Republic’s win over the 10-men of the Netherlands (23:55), Denmark’s rout over Wales (31:33) and Italy’s extra-time win over Austria (40:51). Hosts: Musa Okwo...

Musa and Ryan are back with a roundup of the wild final night of matches in Group F, which saw Germany scrape through against Hungary (06:04) along with Portugal and France, who drew thanks to a penalty bonanza (20:58). There’s love for Spain and Pedri (27.45), and some thoughts on Sweden, Uefa, surprises, disappointments, the sartorial choices of the managers so far, and more (35:18). Hosts: Musa...

It’s the final 'Stadio' before the Euros, so Musa and Ryan look back on PSG and Bayern winning the women’s domestic leagues in France and Germany (06:29), Colón winning their first title (12:36), and the USMNT winning the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League, beating Mexico, and what this means for the U.S. (13:56) Then, it’s a Champions League what-if special, where they discuss what would have happ...

Musa and Ryan begin by outlining the Ringer FC Euro 2020 schedule (2:41), before discussing Carlo Ancelotti's departure from Everton and return to Real Madrid (7:09) and the fans who booed players taking a knee (14:04). Then, they open up the mailbag and answer non-football questions. First up, after many requests, it’s how they met (15:55), Littlest Hobo (18:59), who would star in and score a pla...

Musa and Ryan discuss an incredible Champions League final, in which Chelsea beat Manchester City in Porto. But first, there’s a round-up of the other big results from the weekend (6:45), with Wolfsburg beating Frankfurt in the Frauen Pokalfinale and Barcelona completing the treble after their Copa de la Reina win over Levante. Plus, they discuss some promotion news around Europe, Zidane’s letter...

Musa and Ryan look back at a historic Europa League final, which saw Villarreal win their first major European trophy, and there's lots of praise for Unai Emery after his fourth Europa League as a manager (14:35). Before that, there’s a quick chat about the managerial departures this week (05:19), as Antonio Conte, Christophe Galtier, and Zinedine Zidane left their posts at Inter, Lille, and Real...

It’s the 100th 'Stadio' episode since joining Ringer FC and wow, what a weekend. Musa and Ryan chat about Atlético Madrid securing its first league title since 2014 (7:43), Lille’s first Ligue 1 title in 10 years (25:10), Union Berlin’s European qualification, plus some Bundesliga relegation (38:45) and Juventus scraping into the Champions League spots in Serie A (45:20). Hosts: Musa Okwonga and R...

Musa and Ryan whiz through some of the midweek talking points, including a full round of Premier League fixtures with fans! They start by talking about Newcastle's positive end to the season and Joe Willock’s goal-scoring spree (9:57), Brighton’s first league win over Manchester City in 32 years (19:10), and some other Premier League results, including some love for West Ham (24:10). Next it’s on...

Musa and Ryan chat about two big moments from the weekend, with Barcelona winning the Women's Champions League for the first time (04:19) and Leicester City winning its first FA Cup (18:08). It was a wild weekend in Europe, with the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga embracing full chaos (33:33), Juventus going against the narrative, and La Liga doing its best to not be won until the very last possible...

Musa and Ryan quickly round up some key moments from midweek football, including Arsenal’s first win at Stamford Bridge since 2011, Leicester’s first top-flight win at Old Trafford since 1998, Atleti winning to extend the gap at the top of La Liga, Sporting winning the Portuguese top flight for the first time in 19 years, and more (04:28). Then, they open the mailbag and answer questions on Casey...