Bobby and George disagree about whether changing to a 48-team World Cup will detract from the tournament. George asks Stefan Szymanski, co-author of Soccernomics, to explain the huge changes taking place in Chinese soccer. And in Tiki-Talka, George offers a mea goalpa.

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