Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by Socceroos mainstay Jackson Irvine to discuss the early stages of his career with Bundesliga 2. club St Pauli, and how he and the national side are handling the myriad of challenges being thrown their way during World Cup qualification.

Later Marcela Mora y Araujo returns to the program following Lionel Messi’s passing of Pele’s record of most international goals scored by a South American man. After such a long, strained relationship, have the Argentian public finally fallen in love with their maestro?

Willem van Denderen reports on all the big issues at home and abroad, including the return of the FFA Cup and Last 16 of the Asian Champions League, and Derek Dyson mediates a debate over the proposed biennial World Cup, and casts a critical eye over the Champions League.

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