World Football

World Football

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World Football episodes

  • Brescia's Simon Skrabb and Damien Comolli

    Brescia's Simon Skrabb talks about life in lock-down and the possibility of Serie A football returning. And the former Liverpool and Fenerbahçe Sporting Director, Damien Comolli, unpicks some of the problems facing clubs due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

    (Photo by Anders Ylander/Ombrello via Getty Images)

    27 min
  • Paderborn's Christian Strohdiek and footballer-turned-chemist Toni Dovale

    Spanish footballer Toni Dovale talks about his work as a pharmacist during the Covid-19 crisis. And Paderborn captain Christian Strohdiek discusses the prospect of football returning in Germany.

    Picture: Thai football league's Navy FC player Toni Dovale poses with a ball outside his family's pharmacy (Credit: MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images)

    27 min
  • In conversation with Jesse Marsch (bonus podcast)

    In this bonus podcast, hear the full interview with Red Bull Salzburg's American coach Jesse Marsch. Mani Djazmi spent an hour talking to him, about his career, his principles, and coaching the phenomenon of the season, striker Erling Haaland.

    48 min
  • Pay cuts, Christian Kabasele and football in Nicaragua

    Watford and Belgium defender Christian Kabasele talks about life in lock down. Pat Nevin and Heather O'Reilly discuss whether top earning footballers should take pay cuts. And journalist Camilo Velasquez sheds a light on football in Nicaragua, where games are still continuing despite the corona virus outbreak.

    (Picture: Christian Kabasele of Belgium in action during the international friendly match against Japan. Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

    41 min
  • Christian Karembeu, coronavirus and the resilient Paul Canoville

    Christian Karembeu pays tribute to Real Madrid's former President, Lorenzo Sanz who died after contracting the coronavirus. Paul Canoville remembers the racism he suffered playing for Chelsea in the 1980s. And Mani Djazmi, Pat Nevin and Heather O'Reilly choose the footballers who shaped their lives.

    (Picture: Paul Canoville knocks the ball into an empty net to score for Chelsea. Credit: Mark Leech/Getty Images)

    27 min
  • Gaëtan Bong, coronavirus and the last game in Zanzibar

    Cameroon's Gaëtan Bong talks about isolation, learning to cook and keeping fit during the coronavirus pandemic. And in search of football, we travel to Zanzibar for a Premier League match.

    (Photo: Gaetan Bong deep in thought during a Brighton v Crystal Palace match. Credit: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

    27 min
  • The hero of Saarbrücken, Coronavirus and Odion Ighalo

    FC Saarbrücken goalkeeper Daniel Batz talks about his German Cup heroics. And Odion Ighalo talks about his dream move to the club he supported as a young boy.

    (Photo: Daniel Batz of FC Saarbruecken celebrates after his sides victory following a penalty shootout in the DFB Cup (By Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images)

    34 min

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