One World Sports: Let The Championship Races Begin




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: As club football takes its final international break before the business end of the season begins in earnest, four more contributors join Anto for another super show to take a look at the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal round and two clubs that face the prospect of multiple titles in 2014-15 in Barcelona and PSG. Starting off this massive episode is Daniel Taylor of The Guardian who helps us examine the fallout from the Liverpool-Manchester United as well as a title race that seems to be set on default as Chelsea continues to wobble while Manchester City continues to struggle with consistency. We also take a look at the arrival of Harry Kane on the England national team, discuss the new proposals put forth by Greg Dyke in terms of quotas and stricter guidelines around homegrown players and the ongoing issues surrounding Raheem Sterling at Anfield as contracts and mental fatigue seem to be taking their toll. Then we move to the matter of European football as international broadcaster Tim Caple helps us take a deeper look at the key factors going into the quarterfinal round, focusing on the clubs with an edge, but also weighing the potential for upsets as FC Porto remains the only undefeated side in the tournament and whether or not Monaco can replicate its Arsenal performance against Juventus with all of its defenders back in service and Paul Pogba ruled out. In our superclub segment Eric Coffin-Gould weighs in on Barcelona at a crucial stage of its season after beating Real Madrid in El Clasico and Ross Mackiewicz give us the view from inside PSG as key questions about Zlatan Ibrahimovic and club manager Laurent Blanc are addressed.