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Box to Box Euro

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Join Alexandra Ibaceta (@alexibaceta23) and Jessy Parker Humphreys (@jessyjph) as they catch up on the Women's Super League, Liga F, Frauen Bundesliga and D1 Arkema, as well as the UWCL. Your one stop shop for all things European women's football
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Episodes

Disappointments and surprises

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the first round of the UEFA 2022 Women's Euro group stage matches. Spain get the job done over Finland in honour of Alexia Putellas. Grace Geyoro gets a first half hattrick, Jill Roord scores the equaliser against Sweden, Germany unleash havoc over Denmark and more at the Euros.

Jul 11, 20221 hr 1 min

The Big Euro 2022 preview

A summer rebrand! Box To Box WSL becomes Box To Box Euros for the month of July. Join Alex, Abdullah and Jessy as they preview the four Euros groups ahead of the tournament kicking off. Can France get over their off-field dramas? Will Spain actually score goals? And...is it coming home?

Jul 05, 20221 hr 7 min

Never write off Lyon

Old triumphs over new as Lyon comprehensively beat Barcelona 3-1 in the UEFA Women's Champions League final. Alex (tearfully), Abdullah (joyfully), and Jessy (neutrally) break down how Lyon managed a big UWCL final win as well as answering some listener questions.

May 25, 20221 hr 6 min

FC Barcelona vs Lyon....again

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals and previewing the big final between FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais. Football manager and pundit, Willie Kirk, joins Box to Box to preview the UWCL final providing insights into players and overall tactics.

May 20, 20221 hr 17 min

Defensive disasters in the UWCL

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the semi-final first legs of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Barcelona put 5 through Wolfsburg in front of another record breaking crowd and Jill Roord scored her birthday goal at Camp Nou. PSG and Lyon had bad games but still managed to score 5 goals. We talk through and analyse each match as well as answering listener questions at the end of the episode.

Apr 27, 20221 hr 7 min

Camp Nou history and semi-finals

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the UEFA Women's Champions League second leg quarter-finals and previewing the semi-finals. Were there any doubts in Barcelona beating Real Madrid, Ramona Bachmann and PSG break Bayern Munich hearts, Juventus were unable to keep the score in their favour against Lyon and Arsenal crash and burn against Wolfsburg.

Apr 20, 20221 hr 1 min

Many thoughts and emotions

Join Jessy, Alex and Abdullah as they analyse the first legs of the Champions League quarter-finals. Was Caroline Graham Hansen diving? What is Marie-Antoinette Katoto's middle name? And did Tobin Heath mean it? Plus we find out about Alex's fun trip to Munich for the Bayern-PSG game, Abdullah gets his football therapy on Lyon's loss to Juventus, and Jessy reviews their first match supporting Arsenal

Mar 25, 20221 hr 29 min

The UWCL is back

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in previewing the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals with an analysis on each match-up. Arsenal vs. Wolfsburg, Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, Bayern Munich vs. PSG and Juventus vs. Lyon.

Mar 17, 20221 hr 2 min

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Woman

Jessy, Alex and Abdullah break down the latest happenings in the Women's Super League as Chelsea leave it late at Aston Villa, Arsenal brush aside Brighton and Manchester City gain an important three points in their race for Champions League football next season

Mar 15, 20221 hr 2 min

Vivstenius the new Kerrby?

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing all that's been happening in the FA Women's Super League world. Conti Cup final analysis, end of a cycle for Chelsea? Arsenal are refreshed and we love Vivstenius. Will Spurs survive March after facing Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City? Can Manchester United secure a Women's Champions League spot?

Mar 11, 202254 min

A title race in the balance

Alex to about to jet off to Chile so Jessy, Abdullah and her quickly hop on Zoom to break down Chelsea and Arsenal's 0-0 draw at Kingsmeadow on Friday night and discuss which team will be happier with the result

Feb 15, 202239 min

Absent centre backs and nervous fans

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in summarising Arsenal and Chelsea's last few weeks in the FA WSL including draws and scrappy wins. We analyse and breakdown how Chelsea vs. Arsenal can go and where each time might get joy over the other. We also talk about Leicester's big win over Birmingham City and Tottenham's 4-0 over Hope Powell's Brighton.

Feb 10, 20221 hr 7 min

New year, same us, same Arsenal disappointment

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in discussing the first two WSL weeks of the new year. Arsenal start the year off with a loss against Birmingham City and Chelsea haven't lost because they haven't played yet. Kate Longhurst killed Tottenham's chance to go second in the table with a last minute equaliser. Both Manchester sides are off to a strong start to the WSL, but their biggest challenges are still to come. Leicester City pull off a huge win over a struggling Brighton. The WSL is off to an inter...

Jan 20, 202249 min

Sh*ts & giggles of the UWCL group stage

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah as they go through the final standings in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stages. Juventus and Wolfsburg qualify over last year's finalists, Chelsea. Though losing three matches in the group, Arsenal qualify alongside Barcelona. PSG finish a perfect group stage and Real Madrid progress. Bayern Munich and Lyon progress after tasty group stage clashes. We analyse everything that happened in the group stages and we discuss the quarter-final draw.

Dec 23, 202158 min

Trouble in paradise for the Blues

*Apologies for some of the audio quality in this episode, wifi did not feel like co-operating* Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in discussing and analysing last weekend's FA WSL. Reading and Deanne Rose pulled off a HUGE win over Chelsea. Arsenal didn't mess up against Leicester City and they're not four points clear at the top of the WSL. Spurs pull off a comeback against Aston Villa to stay in the top three and Birmingham City ran Manchester City close. And the rest of all the WSL action......

Dec 18, 202158 min

Anything can happen

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in discussing all that happened in matchweek 8 of the FA Women's Super League. Is Arsenal's honeymoon stage over? and their win over Manchester United. It was a routine win for Chelsea, let's talk about Lauren James. Olli Harder gets the better of Rehanne Skinner and West Ham beat Spurs 1-0. Manchester City get a goos win over Aston Villa, but how telling is it of them being back? Will Brighton stay up top and get a Champions League spot? And it's a proper battle in...

Nov 24, 202156 min

Hope your week is going better than Man City's

Alex and Abdullah are joined by Goal's women's football correspondent, Ameé Ruszkai, to talk all about what went down during the FA Women's Super League Women's Football Weekend. Spurs shocked Arsenal, but Vivianne Miedema and her new ponytail came to the rescue at the last minute to save a draw. Chelsea inevitably beat a poor Manchester City and they need a change. Everton and Manchester United held each other to a fought out 1-1 draw and Anita Asante got the winner for Aston Villa over Birming...

Nov 18, 202157 min

Maren Mjelde is BACK, some clubs can't say the same

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing WSL action. Arsenal keep winning and we analyse a few key points in players and Eideball tactics. Chelsea keep on with the back three even with Maren Mjelde back, but what's the best solution to complement the ever so good attacking front? Manchester United and Tottenham drew, does this result say more about where they are in the WSL table? Jean-Luc Vasseur is at Everton and his first match was a loss, was this the right choice? and more...

Nov 12, 20211 hr 2 min

Back threes and bangers in the UWCL

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the first two matchweeks of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Barcelona outplayed Arsenal for a 4-1 win and Abdullah describes the Catalans as "poetry in motion." Can anyone beat Barcelona in this form? Pernille Harder saved Chelsea again, but again the focus is on the defence, is Chelsea's back three working? Juventus exploited this weakness well and focred Hayes into a back four, but is it permanent? PSG look promising and Lyon are back to some of th...

Oct 21, 20211 hr 9 min

Confidence like Katie McCabe

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing this weekend's FA WSL action. The Manchester Derby ended 2-2 but with big disappointments for both sides, but for different reasons. Katie McCabe's confidence is oozing all over Arsenal and it is growing to be a very tough task to contain Arsenal's football and confidence on the pitch. Chelsea beat Leicester 2-0 but even though the Blues dominated it definitely wasn't a comfortable win, and who is our preferred central player in the back three. Tottenha...

Oct 14, 20211 hr 2 min

All Hail Guro Reiten

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah as they break down the fourth weekend of the WSL, including Manchester City's third consecutive loss, Chelsea's Seagull revenge, and Arsenal's glut of gorgeous goals. As well as discussing whether anything other than winning the league would be a failure for Arsenal, next week's Manchester derby, and all the other games from the weekend.

Oct 06, 20211 hr 3 min

The Chaaaaampiooooooons Part 2

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analaysing all the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage. In this episode they are joined by Marc Andres i Sanz, Spanish and Barcelona journalist, and Arianna Scavetti, Lyon blogger, to talk and analyse how each team will fare in this new group stage. The biggest match up on Match day 1 will definitely be Barcelona hosting Arsenal at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, will Miedema score a couple or will Alexia's attack be too much for the Arsenal defence? Lyon (finall...

Oct 03, 202156 min

The Chaaaaampiooooooons Part 1

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analaysing all the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage. In this episode they are joined by Jasmina Schweimler, Wolfsburg journalist, and Om Arvind, Real Madrid analyst, to talk and analyse how each team will fare in this new group stage. Real Madrid managed to knock out Manchester City to get to this stage on their European debut. Last season, Wolfsburg were sent home in the quarter-finals by Chelsea, who they now have to face twice in this group stage. Who...

Sep 30, 20211 hr 2 min

Is Rehanne Skinner making you eat your words?

Join Alex and Jessy in analysing the third weekend of the WSL, which featured 22 goals, including Arsenal's stunning 5-0 win over Manchester City. We break down Chelsea's 6-1 victory over Manchester United as well as West Ham's first home win since February 2020, Everton's first points of the season, and the end of Brighton's winning run. We also send our congratulations to Rehanne Skinner for Tottenham's 100% record.

Sep 29, 20211 hr

Hands up like Rosella Ayane if you love the WSL

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the second weekend of the WSL which features a shocking 2-1 Tottenham win over Manchester City in the Academy Stadium and a Brighton 5-0 goaleada over Birmingham. Arsenal won and Vivianne Miedema scored, Chelsea won and Sam Kerr scored. Aston Villa equalised late to steal a point from West Ham and Manchester United win comfortably over Leicester City. We also preview the UWCL group stage, which features Arsenal and Chelsea.

Sep 16, 20211 hr 9 min

Never a dull moment

Join Jessy and Abdullah in their breakdown of the first weekend of the WSL, with Alex off on her holiday this week. From Arsenal's win over Chelsea to Manchester City's dominant performance at Everton, find out what Jessy and Abdullah made of the opening fixtures. Keep up to date with all things Box To Box WSL via our Twitter, @boxtoboxwsl

Sep 08, 202136 min

WSL is back and so are we

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah for another season of WSL! This will be Box to Box's second season covering the WSL and the first episode is an in-depth preview of the 2021/22 WSL with a preview and players to watch from each club. At the end there are our table predictions...let's see how much you, listeners, agree with it...

Aug 31, 20211 hr 18 minSeason 2Ep. 1

Gold for Canada...who predicted that?

oin Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the knock out stage of women's football at Tokyo 2020. Australia outdid themselves and USA did also. The Dutch had everything but they couldn't close the match over the Americans. Canada came out of nowhere and Jessie Fleming knocked out the Americans and saved Canada in the final vs Sweden. Our analysis of all matches and we throw it forward to the next upcoming international tournaments, Euro 2022 and the 2023 World Cup.

Aug 14, 20211 hr 16 min

Manifesting vibes all the way to Tokyo

Join Alex, Jessy and Abdullah in analysing the group stage of women's football at Tokyo 2020. We take this analysis into our knock out stage predictions. Can Sweden go all the way? Will the Dutch get their World Cup revenge on the USWNT in the quarter-finals? Can Australia push Team GB enough? and will Canada be able to show up on the day to stop a Marta-led Brazil side? Listen and find out! PS: Apologies for any audio glitches you hear, there was wifi problems during the recording of this episo...

Jul 29, 20211 hr

No one has the answers to Olympic football

Join Alex, Jessy, Abdullah to preview women's football in the Olympics. USA's downfall? Just how much do we expect from Team GB? Can top European nations push through and be the best in the world for a second consecutive Olympic games? Underdogs can be the ultimate gamechangers in each group. Listen and find out our medal predictions.

Jul 20, 202156 min
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