This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes. 

On today's episode: Real Madrid leave it late against Bayern Munich in a dramatic Champions League semi-final to book their place at Wembley's final against Borussia Dortmund, Everton are plunged into further financial uncertainty around 777 partners, Marco Reus could be moving to MLS, Lynn Williams is now the joint highest scorer in NWSL history, Europa and Conference League preview and the inspirational story of Real Madrid's unlikely hero: Joselu.

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Football don't sleep, and neither do we. 

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by…  

Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper

Researcher: Jack Collins

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