Summary: As the summer tournaments and transfer rumors continue to swirl in the early days of June, one of the top competitions in world football is about to kick off in Chile as Copa America, giving us the opportunity to examine the field and talk some AFC football politics as the FIFA crisis continues to widen. Up first, football broadcaster Juan Arango joins the show to take a deeper look into handicapping the field of South American teams who could take this title in Chile, including a tightly packed group at the top of the favorites including Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Columbia with the always difficult Uruguay team who are rebooting without Luis Suarez and do remain defending champion. Also in this segment we discuss the debate for Lionel Messi and winning a significant title for his country, his complex relationship with the fans and that soon opens up a discussion into the long and complicated history of Julio Grondona - his legacy and how his world largely shaped the modern era of FIFA spanning the control of two important FIFA presidents and the cycle in Argentina that delivered Diego Maradona and the rise of Lionel Messi. In the second part, National sports journalist Omar Al Raisi joins Anto for a lengthy discussion into how Sepp Blatter is viewed in the emerging world of the AFC and West Asia, alongside the new political reality in international sport as both Asia and Africa now lay claim to an important voice that will surely shape the future of football governance in the coming years. It is a candid conversation about the significance of Sepp Blatter in this world, what he understood within the region and how it molded his tenure at FIFA, and how new players in the realm of sports politics will influence the next presidential election, the ongoing issues surrounding Qatar 2022 and whether Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait will ascend to the highest office inside FIFA.
