One World Sports: Champions and Champions League Edition




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: Two more fabulous contributors join this weekly edition to take a look at not only the UEFA Champions League, but also some potential champions in the final days of their seasons across the world as well as a look into continental competition in Asia and South America where there are no clear favorites for regional supremacy. First up is football correspondent Miguel Delaney to give us the ground view of a huge match at Stamford Bridge where Diego Simeone soon clashed with Jose Mourinho with a finals appearance on the line and Carlo Ancelotti in wait with a Real Madrid side inching ever closer to its long-awaited target of a record tenth Champions League trophy. We also examine the pragmatic football that delivered Chelsea past Liverpool and to this precious stage as well explore the move to Ryan Giggs at Manchester United, what Louis van Gaal could bring as well as sum up the season for Arsenal Football Club. Then in part two we go long into the night with international football commentator Paul Sarahs and visit nearly every corner of the world where continental football is being played, but begin nowhere else but PSG and Manchester City where sanctions from UEFA now surely lurk in the days ahead. We explore what could happen and what the fallout could be, then move off to Asia to review what went down on a wild matchday six that surprisingly saw three Japanese teams make it to the round of 16. We also present the case for two emerging young players in Asia who have the talent to make the move abroad, and we close on the matter of the Copa Libertadores now its knockout rounds and a new champions crowned in CONCACAF as Cruz Azul has booked its ticket for the FIFA Club World Cup later this year.