Stadio: A Football Podcast

There’s some big news to start the show, before Musa and Ryan get into the mailbag, and answer some questions on the French Open (04:03); fictional sporting directors of a new fictional club (07:38); predictions for the 2026 Men’s World Cup (13:48); three teams they’re looking forward to seeing next season (17:43); the futures of Milan; Ange Postecoglou (24:13); and more! For more podcasts, ad-fre...

In the penultimate episode of the season, Jackson Irvine returns to chat with Musa and Ryan about his first season in the Bundesliga, which saw the St. Pauli side he captains stay up with the second-best defensive record in the league (04:39). He also explains what it’s like going away to teams like Dortmund, Bayern, and Leverkusen and chats about making his commentary debut (24:45), who he thinks...

Musa and Ryan discuss PSG’s emphatic 5-0 win over Inter to win the Champions League for the first time in their history (03:39). They chat about the great job Luis Enrique has done since coming in, which resulted in his first Champions League win as a manager since 2015 and more, before touching on what this might mean for Inter (36:23) and reflecting on the Champions League as a whole this season...

After a bit of chat at the top of the show, Musa and Ryan begin with Chelsea, who came from behind to beat Real Betis 4-1 and win the Conference League in Wroclaw (07:04); a successful season for Enzo Maresca ends in silverware. They then move on to some transfer chat (19:57), including some thoughts on Matheus Cunha to Manchester United, Jeremie Frimpong to Liverpool, and the Florian Wirtz links....

As the domestic seasons wrap up in Europe, Musa and Ryan begin with a quick Stadio curse update. Then, it’s on to Arsenal winning the Women’s Champions League for the first time in 18 years (03:56), with a 1-0 win over Barcelona in Lisbon, as well as looking at the incredible job Renée Slegers has done since taking over as head coach. They move on to a brilliant Napoli Scudetto win, thanks to goal...

Spurs have won their first trophy in 17 years! They beat Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao to clinch the Europa League and a Champions League place. Musa and Ryan chat all about the final (02:52) and takeaways from a Spurs perspective, and they heap praise on Ange Postecoglou, who proved doubters wrong by delivering a trophy, as promised. In Part 2, they look at it from a Manchester United perspecti...

It’s a busy show this week, as Musa and Ryan each do their best to battle through heavy colds! They begin with an email about the Stadio curse before chatting about the first major trophy for Crystal Palace, who won the men’s FA Cup against Manchester City on Saturday at Wembley (09:06). They then talk about the Premier League a bit, most notably Goodison Park’s final Premier League game (25:11),...

Musa and Ryan begin with Bologna winning their first Coppa Italia in 51 years, following a 1-0 win over Milan at the Stadio Olimpico (01:24), before shouting out Galatasaray’s Turkish Cup win and some other stuff from this week (12:07). They then chat about Carlo Ancelotti taking over the Brazil men’s national side (15:17) and look ahead to some great stories this weekend (28:25), including the FA...

Musa and Ryan focus their attention on the final Clásico of the season, which saw Barcelona come from two goals down to win 4-3 over Real Madrid. The victory all but sealed the title for Hansi Flick’s side, who can confirm it with a win at Espanyol on Thursday. They then head to Germany (22:00), where Thomas Müller and Xabi Alonso said goodbye to the Bayern and Leverkusen fans, Dortmund continued...

Musa and Ryan are joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes, making her Stadio debut to chat about PSG’s 3-1 aggregate win over Arsenal to go through to the Champions League final (01:30). They also discuss Inter’s win over Barcelona (22:40), look ahead to the final, and talk about Trent Alexander-Arnold, who confirmed that he’ll be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season (29:06). Finally, they revisit Arsena...

Wow, wow, wow! Inter and Barcelona somehow top last week’s classic with another—maybe even better—classic! Musa and Ryan record their instant reactions immediately after Inter’s 4-3 extra-time win in a wonderful game at San Siro (01:21), from the shock of Francesco Acerbi appearing in the Barcelona box, to Yann Sommer being player of the match in a game that had seven goals, more Barcelona magic i...

Bayern won the Bundesliga this weekend, so Musa and Ryan focus on Vincent Kompany’s title triumph in his first season in charge (06:36). It came after Leverkusen’s 2-2 draw at Freiburg, following Bayern being held by Leipzig the day before. They chat about Leverkusen’s title defence, as well as some updates down the table and in the 2. Bundesliga (recorded before the news of some sackings). There’...

Musa and Ryan recap both first legs of this week’s Champions League semifinals. They begin with an unbelievable game between Barcelona and Inter (01:41), which saw six goals, Inter taking 2-0 and 3-2 leads, and Hansi Flick’s side having to repeatedly draw level. They also chat about PSG’s 1-0 win over Arsenal on Tuesday (18:24) thanks to Ousmane Dembélé’s early goal and how both ties are in the ba...

It was a very big weekend in football, so Musa and Ryan begin with Liverpool clinching the Premier League title, their 20th top flight title in history and their first in front of fans in 35 years (02:28). They also include a lot of praise for Arne Slot in his debut season at the club. There’s also some FA Cup semifinal chat (17:06) before moving onto a wildly chaotic Copa del Rey final, which was...

Musa and Ryan begin with Milan’s brilliant 3-0 win over Inter in the second leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal at San Siro, extending their unbeaten run in the derby to six games (01:45). They discuss the wins for Barcelona (09:58) and Real Madrid ahead of this weekend’s Copa del Rey final, and more. In part two, there’s some chat from Wrighty’s House (18:50), during which Ian, Musa, and Ryan discu...

Musa and Ryan begin with a very quick shout-out for some results in the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A (00:30), before being joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor (09:00). They discuss St. Pauli’s 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen, which all but sealed the title for Bayern; Xabi Alonso’s future; whether he will stay at Leverkusen or head to Madrid; and whether this season may have been slightly underrat...

We have our Champions League final four! Musa and Ryan begin with Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the Bernabéu, a win that got them to the semifinal for the third time in its history (02:51). They then head to San Siro, where a 2-2 draw was enough for Inter to progress against Bayern 4-3 on aggregate (24:17); give a shout-out for Newcastle’s huge win against Crystal Palace (32:52); quickly l...

While both sides suffered second-leg defeats, it was PSG and Barcelona that progressed to the Champions League semifinals. Musa and Ryan begin at Villa Park, where Aston Villa beat PSG 3-2 on the night (02:33) and very nearly sent the game into extra time. Barcelona also had a scare at the Westfalenstadion (25:49), where they lost to Borussia Dortmund—thanks to a Serhou Guirassy hat trick—but ulti...

In the week that Mo Salah signed a new deal, Musa and Ryan begin with Liverpool securing another win to bring the title closer—with rumors on the horizon that there are more contract extensions due to be announced—capping off a great week at Anfield (01:50). They chat about the crowded race for the Premier League Champions League spots, the 2-2 draw between Bayern and Dortmund in Munich (21:51), a...

Musa and Ryan look back at Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Dortmund, which saw Hansi Flick's side take charge of their quarterfinal tie (03:01). Two goals from Robert Lewandowski, plus goals for Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, were enough for a brilliant Barça, while Dortmund's likely to be disappointed not to have gotten on the scoresheet. In part two, they’re joined by ESPN’s Luis Miguel Echegaray to talk a...

What a night for Arsenal. Musa and Ryan chat about the incredible 3-0 win against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal (02:57). They discuss Declan Rice’s incredible free kicks, Mikel Merino’s brilliant finish and impressive performances across the board for Mikel Arteta’s side—as well as how they could have done more, had it not been for Thibaut Courtois. They then ch...

Musa and Ryan begin with a quick Premier League round-up (02:51), which saw Fulham inflict only the second league defeat of the season for Liverpool. Villa and Forest also served up a cracker at Villa Park, and it was goals and red cards at Selhurst Park. Plus, Southampton were relegated. They then turn their attention to the Manchester derby, which wasn’t a classic, and a catalyst to talk about M...

There really is only one place to begin this episode, and it’s with Arminia Bielefeld’s 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen to get through to the DFB-Pokal final for the first time in its history (03:42). Musa and Ryan chat about the third-tier side knocking out the current holders, the fourth Bundesliga side they’ve beaten on their way to the final, and their opponents—Stuttgart—who beat Leipzig 3-1 to...

Before moving on to some big results from the weekend, Musa gives his thoughts on Thomas Tuchel’s first two games as the England men’s manager (04:23), before he and Ryan touch on the FA Cup quarter finals (11:32). They then head to La Liga and Serie A, where the title races seemed to lose contenders this weekend. In La Liga (17:21), Atlético's draw with Espanyol continued a run of patchy form tha...

Vermont Green was founded in 2021 with roots deep in its community and a focus on environmental and social justice. Musa and Ryan recently visited Burlington, Vermont, to chat to three of the club’s founders—Matthew Wolff, Patrick Infurna and Sam Glickman (11:05)—as well as men’s head coach Chris Taylor (47:06). In what has already been an incredible year for soccer in Vermont, thanks to the unive...