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For the first time on Forzafutbol we had the pleasure of inviting a couple of media personalities from Scandinavia. We are pleased to welcome Johanna Gara, a football journalist at Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and La Liga expert on TV4, a Swedish national TV channel. Johanna lived in Barcelona and covered Zlatan's stay at Barça and offers some great insights into Zlatan and a lot of things in his autobiography. You may follow Johanna on twitter @johannagara.

We extend a warm welcome also to Petter Veland, La Liga-expert for the Norwegian TV-channel CANAL+. Petter watches all the 380 matches from La Liga per season. For Petter Granada - Racing is as interesting as Real Madrid - Barça. An out and out La Liga fan and specifically a Villarrea fan. [the groguets are the best, as you all know by now ]. Petter is very active on twitter and all his tweets are about La Liga. You may follow him at @PetterVeland.

Elisa and Ravi discussed a range of topics with Johanna and Petter.

Segment #1 - 31 min

1. How is La Liga viewed and perceived in Norway & Sweden
2. Which league is the most watched league there?
3. How many La Liga games are televised in Norway/Sweden? How many networks carry them?
4. Who is most supported team (apart from Madrid and Barça)?
5. Betweem Madrid & Barça who is more popular?
6. How Biesla's move to Athletic piqued interest about Athletic in Norway
7. The impact of Swedish & Norwegian players like Henrik Larsson and John Carew playing in La Liga and the teams supported
8. Recent trend of people disliking Barça or complain about Jose Mourinho
9. Who well Spain is supported over there.
10. Penyas in Norway and Sweden
11. CANAL+ Norway's interview of Del Nido and the reaction
12. Predictions of Petter & Johanna for La Liga and Johanna

Segment #2 - Zlatan book & the season so far 33 min

1. The Zlatan book
2. How Zlatan tried to be a part of Barça system - "Why did you buy a Ferrari and use it like a fiat?"
3. Does the current issue with Villa have a parallel to the Zlatan issue?
4. The other parts of the Zlatan book - Ibra's chidhood
5. How Ibra got to Ajax.
6. How does he find Italy comfortable?
7. The Ibra-Oguchi Onyewu skirmish at Milan
8. The childish demeanour of Ibra
9. Reaction to Ibra's book in Norway & Sweden - The love and hate relationship of Zlatan with people
10. Johanna's 1-on-1 interviews with Cesc Fabregas and Andrés Iniesta
11. Summary of La Liga season
12. The race for 3-7 in Spain

We thank Johanna & Petter for their valuable time and being on the show. We also hope you will all enjoy this podcast a lot. Cheers!

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