Soccerlens Podcast – The French Kiss, The Italian Job and the best (and worst) of Spain and England

On the tenth episode of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by Radio Five Live’s Andy Brassell and also Football FanCast’s David Schiavone to talk about Italian football, Ligue 1 and those fascinating Champions League semi-finals.

The show will be looking specifically at Lyon’s demise in France, the horrible reality of racism in Serie A, incompetent referees and the futures of three young stars of European football amongst many other interesting topics.

Among the points of discussion raised with Andy Brassell and David Schiavone were:

• The standard of refereeing in La Liga
• Bordeaux, Marseille and the battle for Ligue 1 glory
• Yoann Gourcuff and Karim Benzema
• The Serie A breakaway
• Racism and fan violence in Italian football
• Plus more on top of that!

Show Details
Date: Friday 8th May 2009
Host: Stephen Darwin
Co-Host 1: Andy Brassell
Co-Host 2: David Schiavone

You can listen to the show below:

Download link (mp3, 40mb, 44 mins)

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