Summary: From the explosion of goals during midweek Champions League fixtures we tackle many different angles as Bayern Munich runs riot in Rome, Arsenal continue to struggle in obvious and predictable ways, while two sides of Milanese football are left on the outside of the elite tournament dealing with overdue answers to identity questions that have yet to be solved since their last triumphs in Europe. Our first guest is Janusz Michallik who tackles the ongoing issues inside Arsenal that appear year after year and whether the underlying critical mass might just be Arsene Wenger himself, then we get to the lightning rod himself Mario Balotelli who clearly has not endeared himself during his return engagement in the Premier League and we finish on the matter of Lionel Messi 2.0 ahead of El Clasico where the once subtle changes are becoming more productive with young hitman Neymar finally hitting full stride in Barcelona. Then we look at the matter of a rampant Bayern Munich with Susie Schaaf where all the pieces came together on one night for Pep Guardiola, just ahead of two key Bundesliga fixtures which could ultimately prove damaging to any sense of a title chase inside Germany this season. Dylan Butler weighs in on two great milestones for the New York Cosmos as legendary striker Raul appears on his way to the club in 2015 and how the chase to repeat as NASL Champion might just be built on solid defense this term. In the final segment Richard Hall gives us a look inside both Milan giants who share common symptoms in their chase for Champions League football once again, how Milan has latched its motor to a Keisuke Honda and we dig underneath the complex and controversial appointment of Carlo Tavecchio as FIGC President as Serie A and Italian football seeks to transform itself against a landscape of older bosses who speak of globalization and branding while new club presidents such as James Palotta look beyond the status quo and inside a race for third which might be the most fierce battle of all.
