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A sharper lens into Spain Football. We cover the biggest soccer league in Europe, all the latest news and gossip from La Liga, and the rest of the World's Game.
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La Liga chat with Dermot Corrigan | Download Standard Podcasts | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forza Futbol Pub talk - Vintage style. | Elisa, Mando and Ravi get together for a vintage edition of the " forza futbol pub talk". We went around the stories of La Liga. La Liga Pub talk Agenda 1. The Cinderella story of Mirandes 2. Barça - Valencia: Valencia's trouble with lack of creativity in the midfield 3. Barça X Athletic Copa final 4. The Striker dilemma for Spain - What if Villa cant make it? 5. The woes of Sevilla. Can Michel save them? 6. Preciado gone. Can Sporting survive? 7. Are there any other coaches on the chopping block before the end of the season?Download Standard Podcasts | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dean Burrier Sanchis - Story of a Levante fan in USA | Download Standard Podcasts | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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La Liga round-up with Eduardo Alvarez of ESPNSoccernet.com | [caption id="attachment_33113" align="aligncenter" width="303" caption="La Liga talk with Eduardo Alvarez of ESPNSoccernet.com"] [/caption] We welcome back Eduardo Alvarez of ESPNSoccernet.com to do a La Liga round-up, the transfer window happenings and much more. Eduardo writes the weekly quiniela column on ESPNSoccernet.com and contributes for Radio Marca of Spain and blogs for Esporte Interativo of Brasil. You may follow the "only trilingual spanish football commentator" on Twitter at @EdAlvarezSpain Agenda : 0. Transfer window deals - best 8 worst 1. The state of La Liga. Do you feel the league is less competitive? Why? 2. The race for 3rd and 4th. Are Valencia, Athletic, Atletico and Malaga Champions League material? 3. What do you think will happen at Zaragoza? 4. The story of Mirandes 5. Are you surprised by Barça's away form and why? 6. Do you think Mou will stay another year at Madrid? 7. Who is the most improved player for you this year? 8. Who is the revelation of the year? 9. How are you Quinela predictions coming along? And a lot more interesting stuff. ThanksDownload Standard Podcasts | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Focus on Segunda División with Arch Bell | We talked to Arch Bell, an expert on 2nda division (aka Liga Adelante). Arch is a regular contributor on ESPN Soccernet, La Liga Weekly and a host of the Austin's Futbol En Vivo-91.7FM among other things. You may follow Arch on twitter at @ArchBell. 1. Segunda vs Primera - what is the difference? 2. Candidates for promotion to Primera 3. The excitement brought out by the play-off system for the last promotion spot. 4. What are the suprise teams in Segunda this season? 5. The biggest disappointments of this season. 6. The story of Mirandes - Pablo Infante, the Pichichi of Copa del Rey. 7. What are the biggest problems in Segunda division? 8. Lack of exposure to the Segunda clubs beyond Spain 9. Arch's candidates for relegation and promotion 10. Copa del Rey recapDownload Standard Podcasts | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Seville Derby | We recorded this at the beginning of the year, but then week#1 got canceled. Republishing it! WithŠMonchismen and Adam from oohBetis!ŠDownload Standard Podcasts | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Fernando Palomo of ESPN Deportes | Download Standard Podcasts | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: La Liga Stats with Javier Hernandez | Elisa and Ravi talked to Javier Hernandez aka @JavierJotah of Madrid, the La Liga stats analyst for Whoscored.com. We talked about how Javier got into stats and various questions around La Liga stats. Duration 55 min 1. How did you get into stats? 2. Which stats are intrinsic to La Liga 3. Impact of Barça 8 Madrid's numbers on overall stats of La Liga 4. How do you differentitate between good stats and manipulated stats? 5. How and where do you get your data from? 6. Whar are thats stats you look at to rate GKs, defenders. midfielders and strikers? 7. Why is rating midfielders so hard? 8. Who is the best crosser in La Liga (you will be surprised by the answer.) 9. Do Premier League teams rely more on stats analysis than La Liga teams? 10. MediaPro has its own package called MediaCoach which they are trying to make all teams use it 11. Coaches tapes 12. Best performers of La Liga - GKs, defenders, midfielders, strikers 13. La Liga talk 8 predictions 7.Download Standard Podcasts | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Finances in La Liga - VillarrealUSA’s Allen Dodson | Elisa and Ravi chatted with VillarrealUSA 's Allen Dodson who is well versed in all things financial about the Villarreal's season so far as well as the various financial aspects of La Liga. Changes to the Beckham Law, the Doyen Groups increasing influence, Valencia's deal with Bankia group. 1. Villarreal - 17 min Season Financial results Molina hire Valencia game - positives, negatives Molina's challenges 2. Financial state of La Liga - 16 min No money across the league for winter transfer window Overall revenues of all teams except Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are flat - about 7 teams including Champions League and Europa League entrants Valencia, Villarreal, Atlético, Sevilla have no sponsors New government and changes to the tax laws : "Beckham law" going away? Who will be the most affected by changes to the Beckham law? Will there be an exodus of Spanish stars to other leagues like EPL? Teams under tremendous pressure to pay wages on time for players The different strategies of survival employed by La Liga clubs 3. The mysterious Doyen Group and other similar 3rd party ownership schemes - 14 min Increasing influence of Super agents like Jorge Mendes Lack of oversight on the part of LFP to oversee these Granada's curious relationship with Udinese The limitations and disadvantages of the multitude of the provincial clubs in Spain Is SAD (Sociedad Anonima Deportiva aka Limited Liability Co) the root cause 4. Valencia's deal with Bankia -13 min How does the deal work? Does this attract more foreign owners or investors to buy them? What does a foreign investment group look for in a club to make an investment decision? We hope you enjoy this podcast. You may find and archive of all our podcasts at iTunes or PodbeanDownload Standard Podcasts | 1/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Jorge Zuazola of Spanish Leadership | Download Standard Podcasts | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Catalan Derby Special | We kick-off the 2012 podcast season with some love to the "Pericos" on the eve of the Catalan Derby on Sunday at the Cornella. We have Mark from DC, Nick (aka @PERICOZ on twitter) all the way from Australia and our resident Perico Mando. We discussed the length and breadth of all things Espanyol in this pod. Duration : 65 min 1. Intros and how each of the gentlemen have become 'pericos' 2. Impressions on the season so far, positives, concerns etc. 3. Financial health of the club. Espanyol board said they need 8mil to balance the books. Will there be some player sales in January? 4. Will the good showing of youngsters like Thievy, Weiss and Alvaro continue in the 2nd half of the season? Are there any concerns? 5. What do you make of Alvaro's performance so far? 6. Any upcoming players that we need to look out for? 7. The Derby - How will the game play out? Does Espanyol have a chance? 8. Predictions for the Derby 9. Predictions for the season finish 10. Espanyol's chances in the Copa del Rey 11. The loyalty and the importance of Pochetino to Espanyol 12. Can Pocchetino be the Sir Alex of Espanyol? Download Standard Podcasts | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Tim Stannard aka LaLigaLoca | [caption id="attachment_36759" align="aligncenter" width="297" caption="Interview with Tim Stannard"][/caption] Elisa and Ravi had the pleasure of talking to one of the most popular english writers of Spanish football, Tim Stannard aka @LaLigaLoca. Tim is based in Madrid contributing regularly to FourFourTwo Magazine with the daily La Liga Loca blog and Football365.com, as well as featuring in When Saturday Comes and UEFA Champions League magazine. He also works as a TV producer for a football show and has an intense dislike for Flamenco music and chickpeas. Contactable by email at laligaloca@yahoo.co.uk Topics: Duration 60 min. 1. Clasico - aftermath - did you expect it to go the way it transpired? - do u think Madrid can beat Barça in any of the future clasicos of this season? - Cristiano's funk against Barça - what is your theory on it? - Mourinho - what do you think of him after 1.5 years? Has his aura diminished a bit due to the clasico losses? - Should he win Copa or La Liga and not Champions League, will he stay for 3rd year? 2. Back in October, there was some noise about the new stadium plans of Barça 8 Madrid - will they just become even more stronger and the gap widen? - Atleti's stadium move plans 3. What do you think of Mourinho playing Pedro Mendes (Jorge Mendes' son) in the Champions League, on loan from Sporting and not even a starter in defense at Castilla? - Are they trying to pump his value before selling him for a higher price? 4. What do you think of the Jorge Mendes effect on Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid and Atletico? 5. What is going on with Reyes? Can you pinpoint the main issue at Atleti? 6. Can you give our listeners a summary of the Del Nido court case in Malaga? 7. What do u think of Bankia's deal to give further loan to Valencia and waive off its huge debt in return for property? 8. What do you think about the Málaga project? 9. What is your take on the Villa injury? How would you describe his relationship with Pep and Messi prior to the injury? 10. The Marca/As shenanigans 11. Do you see Madrid or Barça signing anyone in the winter transfer window? 10. Do you like the noon kickoffs? 11. Villarreal - Garrido 12. Predictions for La Liga - Relegation - La Liga, Copa, Champions League and the Euro Cup 2012 13. Spain - Torres situation - Will Raúl be back in the Spain set-up? 14. the "Guti" phenomenon Subscribe and enjoy all of Forzafutbol podcasts on your iPod, iPad etc via iTunes Here is Tim's article on fourfourtwo.com about Del Nido that he mentioned at the end of the podcast Past catches up with Del NidoDownload Standard Podcasts | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clásico Review : RM & Barça perspectives | Talking to Madrid 8 Barça fans about the Clásico is always funIt is never too late to review a clásico. The initial emotions have subsided and have given way to a colder, analytical and holistic views on the subject. Mando and Elisa had the pleasure of welcoming Ramzi from @footballmood who gave his unique Blaugrana perspective. Elisa played the Madridista part. 1. Impressions of the game from both perspectives2. Were you surprised by either lineups? - Explain3. After knowing the line-ups and before the game started did you expect what unfolded?- If yes, why?- If not, what went wrong?4. What are the positives you can take from this game?5. Everyone, including Pep(based on his presser) seemed to have expected a closer game- what went wrong Madrid?- Is there something that Madrid or Mou can do to arrest this trend vs Barça?- In the short-term : this season (return fixture, possibly CdR 8 UCL)- In the long-term : next season6. What is the near-term impact of this loss on Madrid 8 Barça?7. Will either club buy more players in the January timeline?8. Predictions on who will win the Liga, CdR 8 UCL9. Prediction for the World Club Cup? Can Santos surprise Barça? Download Standard Podcasts | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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La Liga round-up with Vaishali Bhardwaj | [caption id="attachment_33113" align="aligncenter" width="303" caption="La Liga talk with Vaishali Bhardwaj"][/caption] Elisa and Ravi had the pleasure to welcome back one of our favourite guests, Vaishali Bhardwaj, a sports journalist writing for @FourFourTwo and a lot more. Vaishali also co-hosts @BeyondthePitch's World Football Minute and produce/present the @roundupshow on @BreakLondon Radio. More on Vaishali's website and follow her on twitter @VaiBhardwaj Duration 39 min 1. How is La Liga viewed in UK overall? 2. How is the current La Liga season perceived over there? 3. TV coverage of La Liga in UK 4. How Popular is La Liga in England? 5. La Liga season - the biggest surprises 6. Best upcoming and outstanding players of this season 7. The failed move of Kevin Gameiro to Valencia " 8. Predictions for La Liga, Copa and UCL - pre 8 post clasico if they have changed 9. Benzema vis-a-vis Les Bleus 10. The exodus of talented Spanish players to the EPL - Torres, Mata, Silva, Romeu and more. 11. What is the biggest challenge for Spanish players in England? Why some of them fail like Reyes, Tevez 12.Spanish striker-crisis Subscribe to all Forza Futbol podcasts on iTunesDownload Standard Podcasts | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“El Clásico”- The movie : Interview | Elisa and Ravi interviewed Professor Kelly Candaele, producer of El Clásico movie and Devin Collins a student of Kelly at Chico State University, who worked in the making of this film as translator and interviewed. You may learn more about the film, show times and how to buy the DVD at http://www.elclasico.org . We have 2 DVDs of 'El Clásico' to give away for our listeners. Please listen to the podcast for the details. Kelly and Devin talk about the motivation and their experiences in making this film. 1. What is the inspiration for doing this movie? - Why El clasico? - what other derbies/clasicos you considered (if any) before chosing Mad-Bar 2. How long did it take you to make it? - Why did you pick or how did you find certain experts IE Ray Hudson, Phil Ball, Santi Sigurola? - What kind of access or support did you get from the clubs, LFP or RFEF? What did they think of you guys, outsiders making a documentary on their most coveted game? 3. What were the biggest challenges during the production? - Describe any incident or two that was interesting or funny - Who is your favorite Barca player and why? Who is your favorite Real Madrid player and why? 4. Will you be doing a World/US tour with screenings in all major cities to promote the movie? - if yes when is the calendar out? 5. Are you a Madrid or a Barça fan? - Give your clásico prediction 6. How can our listeners find you or buy the DVD? Elisa watched the move and can vouch for that it is a fun movie. And dont forget the contest inside! the DVDs are fabulous.Download Standard Podcasts | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clasico Special Madrid - Barcelona | Love 'em or hate 'em all of love our Clásico. As a tribute to the big game, we invited Kari (@officialkari) who writes at Barcelona Football Blog and Gabe (@managingmadrid) of Managing Madrid for a special podcast dedicated to the Clásico. Elisa, Mando and Ravi rounded out the line-up. This is one of those podcasts, that could have gone on for another 2 hours without much effort. Thanks a lot to Kari for staying up late past midnight on the East coast and Gabe for waking up at 6 am on a holiday in Spain to record this pod. We hope you will enjoy it. This is much better than any article about the Clasico, lots of material. Enjoy!!! 1. Impressions of the Barça and Madrid seasons so far - 15 min 2. Approach of both teams to the Clásico - 32 min - Barcelona : 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 or 3-5-2? - Real Madrid: Trivote or 4-2-3-1? - Individual match-ups More questions and predictions - 30 min 3. If you were to pick one player from the other side into yours, who will it be and why? - (no Messi or Ronaldo :-) ) 4. Which player from the other side you'd rather not see him play the clasico? - (no Messi or Ronaldo, again) 5. Predictions - - Clasico - League - CL - CdR 7. If Real Madrid win the Clasico, is the title race over? 8. Should Madrid win the League and Barça win the CL, will it be considered a successful season at either club?Download Standard Podcasts | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Talking Valencia with Che boys | Mando and Ravi welcomed back Kyle of Locos4losChe and Cesar @Amunti to chat about the Valencia season so far, the future and the upcoming big Champions League game against Chelsea. If you are Valencia fan, you might know these guys already and they are very good. If you arent you will find out why when you listen to the podcast. Here is a summary of the topics discussed. Segment 1 - 31 min 1. Impressions on Valencia's season so far. 2. Best and worst signings of the summer. - Victor Ruíz, Adil Rami, Diego Alves - Dani Parejo, Pablo Piatti 3. What happened with Parejo 8 Piatti 4. Isco's exit 5. 2-Goalkeeper system - Does it work or not? - Guaíta 8 Diego Alves 6. Finances of Valencia and the shape of the future of the club 7. The impact of the debt on Valencia, updates on Nou Mestalla, the sale of the old stadium 8. The rumours of a Chinese group trying to buy Valencia - Any truth to it? 9. Best and worst games of Valencía so far 10.Valencia's playing style, Emery's tactics 4231 vs 433..etc 11.The boo-birds at the Mestalla - Los llorones Segment 2 - The all important Champions League game vs Chelsea + La Liga Title Race - 29 min 1. The approach of Valencia to this game. 2. Form of the two teams 3. Is Valencia better than Chelsea? 4. Title race 5. Can Valencia keep up with Barça till the end of the season? 6. Real Madrid v Barça - Who will win the league? 7. Can Valencia win the league again in the near future? 8. Cesar 8 Kyle's predictions for the season, Champions League amd Copa del Rey Forzafutbol podcasts on iTunesDownload Standard Podcasts | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Ray Hudson of Gol TV USA | An early christmas gift for all our listeners. We had the pleasure of talking to the genius on GOL TV USA, Mr. Ray Hudson. Ray's passion for football is well known and it was a pleasure to talk to him one on one and he showed the same passion on the podcast. We touched upon the following topics. Ray's playing career and his early days in the US - 13 min 1. Ray's move from Newscastle to Ft.Lauderdale Strikers of NASL 2. Career at Fort. Lauderdale Strikers 3. why did the NASL fold? 4. Klinnsmann's appointment as US head coach 5. If Ray were a midfielder today, who would it be? :-) You will love the answer for this. Ray's coaching career - 11min 1. Miami Fusion days 2. The story of Barça's attempt to set-up an MLS franchise in Miami 3. DC United days Ray's broadcasting career - 10 min 1. How did it start? 2. What Ray's likes most about broadcasting 3. Which is the best game(s) Ray has called? La Liga - 18 min 1. Impressions of the season so far 2. Real Madrid 3. Barça and El Clásico 4. Who will win the League and the Champions League 5. Munaín, Athletic and Bielsa 6. Top players 7. Favorite coaches 8. Where does La Liga stack with the rest 9. TV rights, marketing etc.. We thank Ray and GOL TV USA for giving the great opportunity. We hope all the listeners enjoy this podcast. Subscribe to listen to all of our podcasts here on iTunes Download Standard Podcasts | 12/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Zlatan’s book + La Liga in Norway & Sweden | [caption id="attachment_36394" align="aligncenter" width="316" caption="Zlatan9s book has caused quite a stir in the football world."][/caption] For the first time on Forzafutbol we had the pleasure of inviting a couple of media personalities from Scandinavia. We are pleased to welcome Johanna Gara, a football journalist at Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and La Liga expert on TV4, a Swedish national TV channel. Johanna lived in Barcelona and covered Zlatan's stay at Barça and offers some great insights into Zlatan and a lot of things in his autobiography. You may follow Johanna on twitter @johannagara. We extend a warm welcome also to Petter Veland, La Liga-expert for the Norwegian TV-channel CANAL+. Petter watches all the 380 matches from La Liga per season. For Petter Granada - Racing is as interesting as Real Madrid - Barça. An out and out La Liga fan and specifically a Villarrea fan. [the groguets are the best, as you all know by now ;-)]. Petter is very active on twitter and all his tweets are about La Liga. You may follow him at @PetterVeland. Elisa and Ravi discussed a range of topics with Johanna and Petter. Segment #1 - 31 min How is La Liga viewed and perceived in Norway 8 Sweden Which league is the most watched league there? How many La Liga games are televised in Norway/Sweden? How many networks carry them? Who is most supported team (apart from Madrid and Barça)? Betweem Madrid 8 Barça who is more popular? How Biesla's move to Athletic piqued interest about Athletic in Norway The impact of Swedish 8 Norwegian players like Henrik Larsson and John Carew playing in La Liga and the teams supported Recent trend of people disliking Barça or complain about Jose Mourinho Who well Spain is supported over there. Penyas in Norway and Sweden CANAL+ Norway's interview of Del Nido and the reaction Predictions of Petter 8 Johanna for La Liga and Johanna Segment #2 - Zlatan book 8 the season so far 33 min The Zlatan book How Zlatan tried to be a part of Barça system - "Why did you buy a Ferrari and use it like a fiat?" Does the current issue with Villa have a parallel to the Zlatan issue? The other parts of the Zlatan book - Ibra's chidhood How Ibra got to Ajax. How does he find Italy comfortable? The Ibra-Oguchi Onyewu skirmish at Milan The childish demeanour of Ibra Reaction to Ibra's book in Norway 8 Sweden - The love and hate relationship of Zlatan with people Johanna's 1-on-1 interviews with Cesc Fabregas and Andrés Iniesta Summary of La Liga season The race for 3-7 in Spain We thank Johanna 8 Petter for their valuable time and being on the show. We also hope you will all enjoy this podcast a lot. Cheers!Download Standard Podcasts | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Madrid Derby Special pod | On the eve of the Madrid derby this weekend, Elisa and Ravi talked to a couple of passionate colchoneros Ricky (@rickyam) of ThisIsAtleti and @EstoEsAtleti all the way from Madrid, and Martin (@atletideneptuno) of Atletico Fans from Florida about the latest and the greatest (or not so greatest) at Atleti. Due to technical difficulties, Ricky had to drop-off during the recording but Martin has more than made up for it. Topics discussed : Total Duration 45 min 1. Atleti season so far Arrival of Falcao, diego, arda and how the team is playing different this year Manzano Reyes case Derbi - same old story ? predictions for derbi and season Europa League performance Player of the year so far and signing of the year The Jorge Mendes factor The lack of cantera players Who is in charge at Atleti Status of new stadium The story of Martin: How an American sports junkie became a fan of Atleti. Both Martin and Ricky have great passion for Atleti and have a deep knowlegde of the going ons at the club. We thank them both for agreeing to record this at incovenient hours (6am in Madrid and midnight in Florida). We hope you all enjoy this podcast. Subscribe to our podcasts on iTunesDownload Standard Podcasts | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Phil Schoen of Gol TV | 1. How does La Liga compare with other leagues in terms of audience in the US market?2. Among Real Madrid 8 FC Barcelona who get the most ratings?3. After RM 8 Barça who get the most ratings?4. Does having Mexican players in a team get them more audience in the US market?5. Who decides who gets which games among ESPN 8 Gol TV?6. HD vs Standard Definition broadcasts?7. How is it like working with Ray Hudson, your partner on Gol TV broadcasts?8. How important is it to not talk down the audience?9. La Liga season so far? ŠŠ - HighlightsŠŠ - Lowlights10. How does the 3rd place team in La Liga stack up in the Premier League?11. Rosell's comments about foreign ownership, paring down La Liga to 16 teams and revenue sharing.12. Barça or Madrid? who is better this year?13. Who is the best of the rest? 14. Can Athletic keep Llorente and Munaín beyond summer?15. Real Madrid16. Spain's troubles in friendlies, the right back problem17. Phil's picks for La Liga and Champions LeagueDownload Standard Podcasts | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weekend Preview and Sevilla with Monchis Men | Elisa and Ravi had the pleasure of talking to Aaron and Jeremy of Monchis Men, one of our favorite blogs in the La Liga blogosphere. We talked the 'state of the union' at Sevilla, the finanical problems of La Liga and also previewed some of the games of this weekend. Sevilla's season so far Sevilla v Athletic preview Liga Justa movement - where does it stand now? Rosell's comments about sharing the wealth and reducing the size of La Liga Are we watching Real Madrid and Barcelona lesser and lesser in the League? Aaron and Jeremy's predictions for Sevilla in the League. Best players of the Sevilla so far La Liga financials La Liga v Serie A discussion Week#13 preview Download Standard Podcasts | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Spaniards Abroad - with Joseph Sexton | In our latest podcast we have Jo Sexton a La Liga contributor at STV, Irish Examiner, Backpage Football and World Football Daily. Elisa and Ravi discuss the progress of the Spaniards abroad, the games of last weekend and briefly hit upon the comments of Barça president Sandro Rosell. EPL - 20 min Fernando Torres - Is he improving? David Silva - Was he ignored for the Ballon d'Or nominations unjustly? - What was the real reason why Silva was dropped after the Switzerland game in WC 2010 - Double pivot vs Silva at false 9 Juan Mata - Pepe Reina's comments about playing in La Liga vs EPL Players in other leagues - 10 min Raúl 8 Jurado at Schalke Luis Enrique 8 Bojan at Roma Nolito, Rodrigo and Javi García at Benfica Capel and Jeffren at Sporting Lisbon La Liga Week#12 Recap - 26 min Athletic x Barcelona : Game of the season Levante x Valencia : Unai's master-piece - Where will Levante go from here? Getafe x Atlético : The crazy game - Reyes x Manzano saga - the problems at Atlético Rosell's comments - 11 min He talks about collective bargaining agreement - Is he really serious? Reducing La Liga to 16 teams - is it a good idea? Download Standard Podcasts | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Garry talks about his interview with Luis Garcia | Download Standard Podcasts | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Simon Kuper | Simon Kuper is a renowned author of many football books. Elisa and Ravi had the pleasure of interviewing him eariler this week. Here is a list of the books he has written so far. 1. Soccer Men Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics who dominate the world's most popular sport This book profiles the interesting and the not to so interesting football figures who have graced the world of football. Our interview was mostly focussed on the contents of this book. One of the figures profiled in this book is Jorge Valdano. We discuss the legacy of Valdano at Real Madrid. Simon also talks how and why he choose certain players over the others to profile in the book. Xavi, Messi, Fabregas, Torres, Maradona, Cryuff are among the players who are profiled in this book who are either Spanish or have played in the Spanish league. 2. Soccernomics - co-authored with Stefan Szymanski Why England always loses, Why Germany and Brazil win and Why US, Japan, Australia, Turkey and even Iraq are destined to become the kings of the World's most popular port. This book is all about numbers and stats about the various aspects of football like the popularity of the game across the countries in the world. 3. Soccer against th enemy 4. Ajax, the Dutch, the War 5. Magnum Soccer 6. Simon also writes a weekly column on Financial Times The following questions/topics were discussed in the interview Inspiration for Soccermen How long it took to write Soccermen Jorge Valdano's legacy at Real Madrid Do modern players have personalities? Simon quotes a couple of examples: One of a Real Madrid player and Lionel Messi Do football players love their club? Was there a criteria you used to choose players to profile in Soccermen? Johan Cryuff - Legacy - Ajax 8 Barça academies The trend of Spanish players moving to England Why did Spain become world and european champions Soccernomics questions: Spain is not among the top nations that watch or play football. How does that explain their recent success? La Masia 8 Ajax academy Messi v Ronaldo debate Messi v Maradona debate Finances of Spanish league clubs - The case of Bryan Ruíz The Big Two in Spain vis-a-vis the European Superleague debate Rosell's comment about shrinking La Liga to 16 teams Difference in youth academies in La Liga vs English Premier League The academy wars: one club poaching academy players of another club Denis Bergkamp's aspirations to become a manager Why football clubs rarely go bust even when they are not viable financially. We thank Simon Kuper for agreeing to take some time out of his busy schedule to talk to us. We also thank Caitlin Graf of Peruse Books who helped us coordinate and schedule this interview for us. Contest for podcast listeners Listeners! We have a contest for you! During the interview Simon mentions what are the new books that Simon is working on right now. All you have to do is Email us the names of ALL the new books he is working on. You have a chance to win a copy of the Soccermen! The prizes are sponsored by Peruse books. Thank you Caitlin.Download Standard Podcasts | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ballon d’Or, Golden Boy & Champions League | In this week's edition of the podcast Elisa and Ravi round up the big topics of this week. The Champions League the Europa League, The Ballon d'Or nominations, the Golden Boy nominations and a host of other topics. It is a bumper edition. There are a lot of talking points in this one. Segment#1 Champions League 8 Europa League recap - 22 minutes Crucial win for Valencia Real Madrid 8 Barcelona continue in cruise-control mode The misery run continues for Villarreal Athletic advance and Atleti are in great shape to advance in the Europa League Segment #2 Ballon d'Or 8 Golden boy - 20 minutes Discuss the nominations for the FIFA Ballon d'Or Elisa 8 Ravi's top 3 for the award Discuss the nominations for the Golden Boy Elisa 8 Ravi's top 3 for the award Segment #3 Recent editorials and upcoming specials - 25 minutes The media brinkmanship issue Are refs biased in La Liga The racism issue and how social media is making it worse Announcement about a great soccer writer that we will interview next week Download Standard Podcasts | 11/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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La Liga Round up | In today's podcast Elisa, Mando and Ravi welcome Eduardo Perez Suarez "Edu" one of the founders of La Lambretta radio. You may reach him at @LaLambretta on twitter. We went old school in this podcast going around the league starting with Sporting and Levante. You may also hear him on www.oidradio.es in La Lambretta and Aqui hay pelotas. Sporting - 15 min Current situation of Sporting from both sporting and financial aspects? Can Sportiing make a purchase in Jan if needed? Are there are any gems in the cantera of Sporting that might help? Why are teams like Sporting not producing gems like David Villa anymore? Is it better to set some rules like in UK where kids can only go the academies in their region? Levante - 17 min Can Levante keep up the rythm? What is the secret of their success, if there is any? Are Levante dirty? - The fine line between gamesmanship and being dirty. Impact of the media on the over-scrutiny fouls and physical play that isnt necessarily rough or dirty. Financial problems, Management style and the curious case of Racing ownership - 7 min What happened to financial problems of La Liga? why dont people talk about them anymore? The Racing issue - Do you know that Ali Sayeed who is on the run from Interpol still owns the majority stake at Racing Santander? Is the English style of Manager better and the way going forward in Spain? Villarreal, Valencia - 9 min What is the truth in Benitez to Villarreal rumours? Is the criticism of Unai by the Valencia fans justified? Cagna to coach Villarreal if Garrido were to let go? Atlético problems - 9 min The troubles of Manzano at Atlético Too many changes, adaptation issues Raúl García and Ibrahima lighting it up at Osasuna after leaving Atlético Is Bernd Schuster next in line at Atlético? Espanyol - Pocchetino, the importance of a having a 'home'guy at the helm The Radios v MediaPro issues - 7min The suspicious sponsorships by Doyen Group of all Coaches having a lot of players from the same agent as theirs Do coaches get kick-backs for player signings? The suspicious sponsors - Doyen Group - 7min Doyen group sponsoring Getafe, Atlético and Sporting El País ran story that this is more than a mere sponsor. It is an investment fund to buy players Is this another road leading to a disaster? Download Standard Podcasts | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The stadiums of Spain | Elisa, Mando and Ravi welcomed Chris Clements of the wonderful and informative blog Estadios de Fútbol en España. The site has a lot of information about the majority of the stadiums in Spain. La Liga, Segunda and even further down. Chris descrbes how he got into this hobby and his modus operandi of getting the information about the stadiums. Agenda : Stadiums in Spain, Audience, tickets etc.. 52 minutes. Top 5 stadiums in Spain The uniqueness of San Mames and other structures similar to it The story of the arch at the San Mames. The modus operandi and inspiration for Chris's interest in stadiums of Spain Compare stadiums in Spain to those in UK The Bernabeu, the Camp Nou and the Cornella The away fan culture in UK and the lack of it in Spain Attendances in UK The Municipal stadiums and the multi-use stadiums Attendances in Spain Ticket prices in Spain - areas where La Liga can improve to get better attendances and filling the stadiums. Stadiums in the Segunda and the lower leagues. Special mention to Carlos Tartiere of Real Oviedo Download Standard Podcasts | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast : Jorge Zuazola of Spanish Leadership | Elisa and Ravi talked to Jorge Zuazola of Spanish leadership . Jorge is an author of many books including "Ballfoot v Football: The Spanish Leadership maestros - The reinventors of the game invented by the English" about some offbeat topics. Agenda Segment#1 : Elisa 8 Ravi on La Liga 8 Spanish NT : 27 min Look back at Spanish final qualifiers against Czech Republic 8 Scotland. The EPL trident Silva-Torres-Mata 8 the Silva False 9 experiment Look ahead to the La Liga games (of last week) Segment #2: Interview with Jorge Zuazola of Spanish Leadership : 50 min The current generation of Spanish players and coaches and the emerging dominance of the Spanish 'style' of football Should more Spanish players and coaches go abroad ? why? There was a lot of dicussion around this subject. Barcelona and Spain style are so similar - is this really why Real Madrid choose a different path? The emerging phenomenon of players of mixed origin like Amoribieta, Thiago Alcantara The likely Spanish squad for Euros And much more To end, we also discussed about the new head coach of US national team, Jurgen Klinnsmann We hope you enjoy this podcast! Please give us your feedback. Cheers! ¡¡¡¡Viva el Fútbol!!!! ¡¡¡¡Viva España!!!!Download Standard Podcasts | 10/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Fernando Palomo of ESPN Deportes | In a very special podcast interview, Elisa and Ravi had the pleasure of talking to Fernando Palomo (@Palomo_ESPN) one of the main football commentator and analyst at ESPN Deportes. You would have heard his voice on Sports Center, Fuera de Juego and scores of live games he called over the years. We had Fernando on for almost an hour and we were able to get a lot of questions in, including a few fan questions. We thank Fernando for this time on a busy FIFA match day. Listen carefully there were some great quotes and ancedotes. 1. Did you know that Fernando represented El Salvador in track and field (Javelin) at World Championships? 2. Did you know that Barcelona is not the favourite team of Fernando? :-) we know everyone thinks it is based on his call of "that" Iniesta goal at Stamford bridge. And many more bits of information. Agenda Background 1. Fernando's story. 2. How did you get into sports journalism and then ESPN Deportes ? TV stuff 3. How is it like working with Mario Kempes - I really love his simple and brilliant insights into the game 4. Which clubs or games have the best ratings for La Liga? - Which clubs/games are the best other than the clasicos? 5. How does thet La Liga game ratings compare to EPL or Serie A game ratings 6. Over the years has the popularity of La Liga grown on ESPN Deportes? 7. Problems La Liga is facing 8. If yoou fix 2 things about La Liga, which two problems would you fix and why? 9. How is it working with Martin Aistein in Madrid? 10. How did you get Mr. Chip on Fuera de Juego? 11. Is anything special planned for the coverage of Clásico this year? 12. We saw you switch to English (as a sideline reporter) during the World football Challenge. While we are lucky that we speak Spanish, the english only audience are somewhat starved of the kind of analysis and insights we get on Spanish broadcasts. Will you be making more appearances in English in the future? 13. Best call that Fernando has made on a goal so far and the reasons behind it. This is one of those things,one can never imagine unless you know about it. Current La Liga season. 14. Your views on the la liga season so far - 3 teams doing really well and better than expected - 3 teams doing worse than expected - Which new players impressed you so far? 15. Cristiano - Messi debate At the end we have add a special audio of Fernando's favourite call. You might have heard it before but don't miss it anyway. Subscribe to our iTunes feed.Download Standard Podcasts | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Phil Ball talks about new Morbo | Download Standard Podcasts | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 168: The Basque derby experience of an Athletic fan | In our latest pod Elisa, Mando and Ravi talk to Natalia (@arkulari), a crazily passionate life long Athletic fan who lives in Colombia. Natalia tells her stories surrounding the derby and what it means for the fans of the two Basque teams.She is also a passionate fan of Spanish national team. We get her views on the current Spanish national team. Since she watched all the Spain U20 games at the recently concluded U20 World Cup in Colombia, we also get some of her great insights on some of the young guns of La Roja. Apart from that, we have our usual segment of headlines where we discuss the La Liga action of the past weekend. Segment #1 : Headlines : La Liga round-up - 23 minutes Levante continues to impress Málaga thriller Cristiano sharing the ball 8 Pipita's hattrick And much more Segment #2 : All things Athletic with Natalia Intro The Basque derby experience, what it means to the fans. Natalia's impressions on current Athletic of Bielsa - has he found the formula and the right side Spanish national team - who should be the #9 and what are the other needs of the team The U20 World cup experience - who could be the next stars Predictions for the Czech republic game and Natalia nailed it! 0-2 :-) All of this interspersed with some funny anecdotes and banter with La Real and Donosti (San Sebastian) We thank Natalia a lot for her time. It was great fun to listen to her passionate views and her energy in general throughout the podcast. We hope you all will enjoy it too.Download Standard Podcasts | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Laudrup Exit | In our latest podcast we talked to Christopher Hussein of Real Mallorca.CO.UK a Mallorca fan from his childhood about the Laudrup, Serra Ferrer saga and how it ended in the exit of the flamboyant Danish player-turned coach. Elisa and Ravi also take a look at the good and the not so good of the Champions League for Spanish teams, La Liga week #5 round up as well as look ahead into the games of the upcoming weekend. Segment#1 Champions League and La Liga round-up Madrid 8 Barcelona seemingly running away with their groups Villarreal having a nightmare time in their group of death Valencia eeking out a point at Mestalla to set themselves up for advancing out of the group We diverge into Spain's #9 dilemma. Soldado v Torres v Negredo v Llorente La Liga round up of a crazy week. A quick update on the Bielsa situation and their Europa league game A look at La Liga week#6 Segment#2 Chat with Christopher Hussein 33min How, when and why Mallorca Why did Laudrup leave Is Serra Ferrer to blame for this? Is he good for Mallorca? Who do most of the Mallorcan's support and why? The Cavenaghi affair and the De Guzman saga Financial situation of Mallorca Youth system Subscribe to our podcasts at iTunesDownload Standard Podcasts | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pod #166: Interview with Phil Ball | Download Standard Podcasts | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 165: Sports analytics in Football | Download Standard Podcasts | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Segment of Pod 164 | Download Standard Podcasts | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast #164: GOL TV’s Juan Arango, La Liga problems, La Roja | Hello ForzaFutbolers!Elisa, Mando and I had the pleasure of chatting with one of our regulars, Juan Arango from Gol TV. We discussed a lot about La Roja, the Spanish national team as well as the current affairs of La Liga - the movement started by Del Nido, Fernando Roig et al to address the disparities of La Liga and a host of other problems like Ley Concursal, catastrophic fiscal management of clubs etc.. We even have little bonus clip where we go further on the problems and Juan talks a bit about living his dream at Gol TV. Segment#1: 25 min - La Roja's Euro 2012 qualification 8 Chile friendly Chile game, first half - weird formationChile game 2nd half - much betterEuro 2012 qualificationThe issues that Vicente Del Bosque needs to address to retain the Euro. Segment#2: 22 min - with JuanThe movement of the Del Nido, Roig etc.. - short-term and long-term implicationsBig teams of La Liga stockpiling players and loaning them - is this good or bad for the player, the leagueTV rights, financial fairplay etc..Download Standard Podcasts | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 163: La Liga Week #1 and Simon from Barcelona | Hello Forzafutbolers! We have Simon Harris from Barcelona in this pod. Simon is Brit musician who moved to Barcelona 23 years ago and is a converted 'Culé'. He loves the language Catalán, Catalunya, Spain and Spanish football. He runs the website http://www.Spain-football.org which covers a La Liga from a Barcelona perspective as well provide valuable information for tourists of Spain. Please check his site and you may follow him on twitter (@SimonHarris). Podcast details Segment#1 : Week#1 round-up : 23 min 1. Round-up of week #1 2. Best game of the week 3. Worst game of the week - we argued a lot on this one 4. A brief interlude into the disparity - will touch upon this in detail in another pod 5. Our reflections on the Bielsa experiment 6. Transfer season wrap-up of Atleti and Valencia two of the most active teams in the market this season Segment#2 : Simon Harris : 27 min 1. Intro and how Simon fell in love the Barcelona and Barça 2. Importance of FC Barcelona to the city and Catalunya as a whole 3. Thoughts on the 'Dream team' and the current Barça side 4. Why Simon likes Spanish football over English football We you hope you enjoy this pod. Subscribe to us on iTunes : http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/forza-futbol-podcast/id252137908 Listen to us on your Android, Windows Phone and other platformsDownload Standard Podcasts | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 162 : Project Málaga with Christian from Málaga | In today's pod we will discuss Project Málaga with Christian. Christian is a longtime Málaga supporter and season ticket holder. He works for Euro Sport and Event Management based in the beautiful Marbella and Manchester. The company works closely with a lot of football clubs across Europe to help organize their trips for Champions League and Europa League games. The company also specializes in organizing the summer and winter training camps forthe football clubs. You may follow Christian's tweets about Málaga and football at @christianmcr We recorded this at 5am Pacific. If Elisa or I sound a little sleepy or weird forgive us :-). Segment#1 : 18min We start off asking Christian about why Málaga, for his company and himself Why the Sheikh choose Málaga Longterm plans of the Sheikh for Málaga CF and Málaga area. Funding plan for the project, new stadium, new academy etc.. Management - hiring the right people for the job starting with coach Pellegrini Why is Málaga project different from other clubs bought by business tycoons. Ethical aspects - UNESCO sponsorship, helping financially troubled clubs in the area. The focus on the cantera Segment#2 : 21 min The bright preseason performances and team bonding The expectations and then disappointment for season opener against FC Barcelona. Long term revenue plan of the project. The modus-operandi of Málaga - How did they manage to make some great signings. Goals of Málaga for this season The buzz and excitement this summer - incredible crowds at the presentation of players. Incredibly local support. Segment#3 : 10 min The Sheikh's ambitious plans for Marbella More about the Málaga cantera, the plans for Atletico Malagueño More about the Málaga area. Let us know what do you think of the pod. Thanks for listening!Download Standard Podcasts | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Seville Derby podcast with Monchi’s Men and Ooh Betis | Hello podcast listeners! The main course of our podcast #161 is the Seville derby. We have two excellent gentlemen supporting either side, Adam from Ooh Betis a great blog about Real Betis in english and Aaron from Monchi's Men an excellent blog for all things Sevilla in English. We recorded this a few days ago with Adam in England doing the show at 6.30am for him and Aaron at 11.30pm for him. We thank them both for their availability at an odd hour. Segment#1 : La Liga round up Elisa, Mando and I discuss the current headlines of La Liga Strike - will there be one or not, why are the players justified in striking etc. Latest transfer rumours - Falcao to Atleti; De Guzman to Villarreal; Gio Dos Santos and more Super Cup 1st leg : Reactions and impressions Segment#2 : Seville Derby Introduce our guests Discuss the past seasons of Sevilla and Betis Transfer status of the two teams Segment #3: Seville Derby Expectations of the game Adam and Aaron give reasons why their team would win Predictions Wrap up All this sprinkled in with some special music that Sevilla and Betis fans love. It is a bummer that this game wont be played this weekend but they podcast is a fun way to have a feel for the game and what it means to the two sets of fans in Seville. Thanks for listening and please drop us a line of feedback to help us get better.Download Standard Podcasts | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eduardo Alvarez from ESPN Soccernet: Podcast#160 | In this pod we have a special guest, Eduardo Alvarez of ESPN Soccernet from Brazil. Eduardo discusses all the current topics of La Liga and as usual, gives his insightful view points. You may read Eduardo's weekly columns on ESPN Soccernet. Listen, enjoy and let us know what you feel about it. Segment#1 16min The impact of the 'Big Two' stockpiling talent and turning into factories of loans. Why do they prefer to have a Hamit Altintop in the squad rather than a canterano. The cases of Sergio Canales and Oriol Romeu. Can Barcelona survive without any new signings on the defence and solely depending on the cantera? Segment#2 24min The madness of the new kick-off times of La Liga and if this will be a successful move for LFP. Ley Concursal: The financial mess in La Liga. Why the financial fair-play code of UEFA wont have the desired effect on the Spanish clubs. The nefarious business of powerful agents like Jorge Mendes and how they are making matters worse for running football business. The uncanny similarities between the the causes for the economic meltdown of 08/09 and football in general and spanish football in particular. Segment #3 24 min Eduardo covered the recently concluded Copa America extensively. He talks about the performance of Diego Forlán and the rest of La Liga players The summer of discontent between Forlán and Atlético He also touched upon some promising youngsters like Adrián Luna (Espanyol) and James Rodriguez (Porto) We round off the show with some La Liga small talk: The Basque teams, Bielsa, Málaga, Super Cup Eduardo gives us his Top 5 and the relegation candidates for the upcoming season Download Standard Podcasts | 8/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ForzaFutbol Podcast 159 : Elisa & Ravi discuss the summer storylines around La Liga | Hello Forzafutbol followers and listeners! Feels so good to be back. We hope you all are enjoying your summer. La Liga kicks-off in two weeks and we are kicking-off our weekly podcasts, covering the Spanish League in English like nobody else does. In this podcast Elisa and I go discuss in depth the major headlines of the summer. Segment-1 1. The revolution in southern Spain at Málaga 2. The arrival of Marcelo "El Loco" Bielsa to Athletic Segment#2 3. Spain's domination of the U19 8 U21 Euros and the ongoing U20 World cup Segment#3 4. The transfer news that dominated this summer - Neymar, Kun, Cesc, Alexis and Santi Cazorla 5. How the departure of Santi Cazorla will impact Villarreal and little letter of good luck to Santi from a Villarreal fan So relax and enjoy this pod interspersed with some nice music and leave a comment or suggestion if you have any. Football is back, and so is the Forzafutbol podcast.Download Standard Podcasts | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forza Futbol 158: Interview Sheridan Bird | For Forza Futbol On today''s episode of Forza Futbol, Mando interviews one of our oldest friend's of the show, Sheridain Bird, freelance writer for Four Four Two, Champion's Magazine and Calcio Italia amongst others.Download Standard Podcasts | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Batista out! who is next? | on Forza Futbol After a dismal Copa America at home, Sergio Batista has been shown the door by AFA. Frankly there was no other option. Who do you think will replace them? Chris (@Chris_Elastico) from theelastico.com and Rob (@santapelota) of santapelota.wordpress.com give their opinions and discuss with Ravi (@aupasubmarino). There is also some bonus material on the dying breed of play-makers like Riquelme and how Ganso could one of the few hopes to keep the breed going. Plus a lot of interesting tidbits you would expect from these two football romantics. It is not too long about 41 minutes, enjoy. This is our last pod covering the Copa America. We hope you enjoyed it and your feedback is always welcome.Download Standard Podcasts | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Copa America - 2011 Awards & Brickbats | on Forza Futbol The Copa America 2011 concluded. The pre-tournament expectations where very high. But the two biggest pre-tournament favourites Brasil and Argentina failed spectacularly. The lack of goals early on meant there were a lot of draws damped the enthusiasm even further. However the tournament did have its high points. Here is a list of the bests 8 worsts of the Copa America 2011. Our experts Chris (@Chris_Elastico) 8 Rob (@Santapelota) have talked to Ravi (@aupasubmarino) to give their opinions in the podcast. Overall Tournament Best player (outfield) Luis Suarez (Ravi) Alvaro Pereira Nestor Ortigoza Estegarribia Cichero Vizcarrondo (All) Guarin, armero Cesar Gonzalez Guerrero (Chris, Rob) Messi Valdivia Alexis Acasiete Diego Lugano Best coach Cesar Farias - Venezuela (Chris) Tata Martino - Paraguay (Rob) Sergio Markarian - Peru (Ravi) Washington Tabares - Uruguay Biggest overachiever Peru (all) Paraguay venezuela Biggest underachiever Argentina (Chris, Ravi) Brazil (Rob) Chile Ecuador Most disappointing star Tevez (Chris) Mascherano (Ravi, Rob) Alves Ganso Neymar, Messi Most entertaining game Venezuela - Paraguay 3-3 Chile - Peru 2-1 Chile - Venezuela 2-1 QF (Ravi) Argentina - Uruguay QF 1-1 penalties (Chris, Rob) Brazil - Ecuador - 4-2 Who among the suprises will more likely carry this form into WC qualifying Venezuela(all) Peru What do you think of our selections? Please give yours thoughts in the comments. Thanks a lot for following us for the Copa America 2011.Download Standard Podcasts | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Copa America 2011 - Final Preview | on Forza Futbol Ravi(@aupasubmarino) from Forzafutbol sat down with the usual suspects Chris (@chris_elastico) from theelastico.com and Rob (@santapelota) from santapelota.wordpress.com to discuss the semifinals of the Copa America and preview the final between Uruguay and Paraguay. The final between Uruguay and Paraguay is 9PM CET 3PM ET 12 PT Sunday July 24. In the 2nd part of our podcast to be posted later, we discuss the best and worst of the Copa America 2011 Relax and snack on this short and lively podcastDownload Standard Podcasts | 7/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Copa America Semifinals Preview | on Forza Futbol Ravi discussed Copa America with Chris (@chris_elastico) co-editor of theelastico.com and Robert (@santapelota) from santapelota.wordpress.com. We broke down the two semifinals, gave our predictions and discussed in depth the growing indifference towards the Brazilian national team coinciding with thriving local club competitions in Brazil. Peru x UruguayŠ 7/19Š 21:45 Argentina 17:45 Pacific Paraguay x Venezuela 7/20 21.45 Argentina 17:45 PacificDownload Standard Podcasts | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Copa America Quarterfinals Review | on Forza Futbol Ravi discussed Copa America with Chris (@chris_elastico) co-editor of theelastico.com and Robert (@santapelota) from santapelota.wordpress.com. We broke down the 4 Quarterfinals results and delved deep into the problems of Argentina and Brasil as well as paid tribute to the 4 semifinalists Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and Parguay who were underdogs in their respective quarter final games. Just sit back and enjoy this epic podcastDownload Standard Podcasts | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forza futbol 152: Copa America special - Quarterfinals | Download Standard Podcasts | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forza Futbol 151: Summer Break | From Forza Futbol On today´s episode, Ravi, ELisa and Mando discuss the latest news and rumours from La Liga and we prepare for a long summer break. See you in July some time.Download Standard Podcasts | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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