Summary: In the episode, we feature two important guests who help us examine the fallout from the World Cup semi-finals where Lionel Messi now reaches his own theatre of dreams on the biggest stage, and we are reminded once again how supporters are the energy from which this sport finds its soul and innovations as new breakthroughs in crowd-funding have returned Portsmouth from the brink of disaster, making it the largest supporter-owned club in the UK. In the first segment, BeIN Sports in-studio analyst Andres Cordero arrives fresh from Brazil to offer his insight into the colossal failures by Brazil against Germany, evaluate some of the trends and emerging themes that have been in evidence throughout the tournament and how the defenders and systems may have turned this World Cup into a paradise for goalkeepers and a stage where so many assumptions and cliches were finally destroyed on the pitches of Brazil. We examine many of the vanquished for some winners and losers, gauge the impact of referee directives by FIFA on physical play, whether the German route of the host nation may be overestimated against the likes of Lionel Messi, and a thoughtful examination of Alfredo Di Stéfano and whether he serves as the example for Lionel Messi and a legacy that need not be shaped by a World Cup victory. For our second segment, Fausto Zanetton of Tifosy.com delivers a powerful message to supporters of all football clubs who find themselves on the outside looking in as globalization continues to widen the chasm between the elite and community enterprises in the sport. At the epicenter is the real resurrection of Portsmouth Football Club which has been rescued from administration and the brink of elimination, as local supporters and the Pompey Trust reclaimed the club from disaster and has now turned to Tifosy and crowd-funding to address long-standing issues that were left untended in the name of youth development and training pitches to help secure a vibrant future for the club. We take a deeper look into a new fundraising effort underway at Portsmouth, the hope it will give to the institution and how fans around the world can provide assistance and perhaps take use this example as a pathfinder for more supporter-owned football clubs in the future as a best practice.
