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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 & Chile friendly

1. Chile game, first half - weird formation
2. Chile game 2nd half - much better
3. Euro 2012 qualification
4. The issues that Vicente Del Bosque needs to address to retain the Euro.

Segment#2: 22 min - with Juan

1. The movement of the Del Nido, Roig etc.. - short-term and long-term implications
2. Big teams of La Liga stockpiling players and loaning them - is this good or bad for the player, the league
3. TV rights, financial fairplay etc..

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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

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