On the tenth episode of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by Radio Five Live’s Andy Brassell and also Football FanCast’s David Schiavone to talk about Italian football, Ligue 1 and those fascinating Champions League semi-finals.

The show will be looking specifically at Lyon’s demise in France, the horrible reality of racism in Serie A, incompetent referees and the futures of three young stars of European football amongst many other interesting topics.

Among the points of discussion raised with Andy Brassell and David Schiavone were:

The standard of refereeing in La LigaBordeaux, Marseille and the battle for Ligue 1 gloryYoann Gourcuff and Karim BenzemaThe Serie A breakawayRacism and fan violence in Italian footballPlus more on top of that!

Show Details

Date: Friday 8th May 2009

Host: Stephen Darwin

Co-Host 1: Andy Brassell

Co-Host 2: David Schiavone

You can listen to the show below:

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Download link (mp3, 40mb, 44 mins)

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