Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah is analysing Barcelona's dominant 4-0 win over Chelsea in the UEFA Women's Champions League final. For the first time in five years there is a new name engraved in the trophy. Lluis Cortes set his team up flawlessly against a naive Emma Hayes side who were down 4-0 within 35 minutes of the match. Listen to hear out full analysis.
Join Alex, Jessy, Abdullah and special guest, Marc Andres Sanz to preview the UWCL final between Barcelona and Chelsea. How are Emma Hayes and Lluis Cortes going to line up their sides? Where are Chelsea and Barcelona's strengths and weaknesses? And, does Barcelona have an advantage? Listen to get our starting XIs and talk about...kits?
The WSL is done! Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah to talk about what went down on the final day of the WSL, how the season panned out for each club and analysis of what each club did right and what they need to do over the summer. Chelsea are back to back WSL champions and Bristol City got relegated into the Women's Championship; and Arsenal and Manchester City secured Champions League football.
Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the UWCL semi-finals, Barcelona vs PSG and Chelsea vs Bayern Munich. Barcelona advanced through to their second UWCL final in front of 1,000 fans in Barcelona and Chelsea overcame a tough Bayern Munich side to book their ticket to their first ever Champions League final. What did both sides do so well? and we give a little preview to what we think will happen in the final. Thank you to everyone who sent in listener questions, listen to the end and find ...
Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final action. Two entertaining first leg ties saw PSG draw 1-1 with Barcelona and Bayern Munich managed a 2-1 win over Chelsea. A well fought match in Paris and more brilliant Christiane Endler saves denied Barcelona to take a lead back to Spain. Chelsea's only goal in Munich was bizarre, but the home side managed the match well and are heading to London with a big lead over Emma Hayes' side. Listen to find out who has...
Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the latest international break. Spain defeated the Netherlands brilliantly in what can be a sneak peak into the 2022 Euro. The Dutch then went on to score another five goals on Australia who lost to Germany 5-2 prior. Sweden were unlucky not to beat the USWNT after a late Megan Rapinoe penalty saved the day...again. The Swedish and the Americans went on to win their second match against Poland and France. England only scored one goal in this internation...
Alex, Jessy and Abdullah are joined by German journalist, Jasmina Schweimler (@JasSchweimler) to analyse all UWCL quarter-final ties and look forward to the semi-finals. Chelsea beat Wolfsburg 5-1 on aggregate, but stats are more telling than the storyline. Bayern Munich is one of the most successful teams in Europe so far this season, how will they deal with Chelsea and will the Blues deal with them? Manchester City's UWCL tough task is over as they fell to Barcelona 4-2 on aggregate. Will Barc...
Alex, Jessy and Abdullah analyse this weekend's WSL action. West Ham put 5 past Reading and Everton edged Aston Villa 3-1. A first half hattrick for Sam Kerr in Chelsea's 6-0 win over Birmingham City and Spurs fell 3-0 to Man City. A big development in the Champions League race. Brighton upset Manchester United 1-0 from the penalty spot, but Arsenal thrived yet again in their 4-0 win over Bristol City. Just four matchdays left in the WSL, how will things end?
Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah to discuss all FA WSL action. Lauren James became the first Manchester United women's footballer to score at Old Trafford in a 2-0 win over West Ham. Arsenal waltzed around elegantly around Tottenham in a 3-0 win. Manchester City with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Reading ahead of a big week. Chelsea's full-back try outs against Aston Villa ahead of facing Wolfsburg in the UWCL. Birmingham City and Bristol City shared points in what was a big game in the relegation b...
Alex, Jessy and Abdullah go in-depth to analyse the first leg of the UWCL quarter-finals. They are joined by expert analyst, Michael Cox, to analyse Barcelona's superb 3-0 win over Manchester City. Chelsea scraped a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg, Lyon got a big 1-0 over PSG from a dodgy penalty call and Bayern cruised by Rosengård. Listen and find out what to expect from the second leg fixtures.
Alex, Jessy and Abdullah are joined by Tim Stillman (@stillberto) to analyse Arsenal's 2-0 win over Manchester United in what was a crucial game for Champions League qualification. We then analyse Chelsea's 3-0 win over Everton and give our best Chelsea starting XI and formation ahead of facing Wolfsburg in the Champions League. The FA WSL relegation keeps getting better and Birmingham City salvaged a point with a late equaliser against West Ham United, what does this mean for the Hammers? Music...
Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing all UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final draws. Barcelona v Manchester City, Chelsea v Wolfsburg, Lyon v PSG and Bayern Munich v Rosengard. We break down each team's recent performances, stand out players and give our semi-final predictions. Music by Tim Moore
Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing this past weekend's WSL action. Manchester United banged out a 3-0 win over Aston Villa and their next rivals, Arsenal, displayed a confident game against Birmingham City with new tactics around Vivianne Miedema. Everton nearly stopped Manchester City's attack, but unlucky not to and Tottenham got their fourth consecutive defeat against Hope Powell's Brighton. Music by Tim Moore
Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing this past weekend's WSL fixtures featuring Aston Villa v Arsenal, Birmingham City v Manchester City and Tottenham v Everton. We also look forward to this week's UWCL Round of 16 with Manchester City taking on Fiorentina and Chelsea hosting Atletico Madrid. Music by Tim Moor.
Louise Selsby, Lionesses' social media producer, comes on the pod to talk about her work during lockdown. We explore the planning behind different campaigns seen on socials, the players' influences on the content, 2019 World Cup (with a little behind the scenes story) and what an important role social media plays to the growth of women's football. Music: Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3744-feelin-good License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/...
Here's the first episode of Box to Box: WSL with host, Alexandra Ibaceta. She's joined with Tim Stillman, Arseblog writer, and Kieran Theivam, formerly FIFA and The Athletic. We cover the FAWSL + coronavirus, how the pandemic will affect and hopefully not affect women's football. Inevitably we talk Phil Neville's reign and can be done next for the Lionesses. Music: https://www.bensound.com/...
