49: SHAKHTAR, QATAR & The U21's w/ The Athletic's Adam Crafton

Ukraine + Football

Adam, Andrew & Rey welcome special guest Adam Crafton from The Athletic. Adam alongside his Athletic colleague Joey D’Urso & The Athletic's brilliant production team have been working on a special podcast project over the course of this season’s UCL group stage related to Ukrainian football. The brand new series ‘Away from Home’ follows Shakhtar Donetsk as they navigated through this season’s champions league during Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine.
Listen to Away from Home on your regular podcast provider (Spotify, Apple etc)
The Panel's focus this week revolves around:
Away from Home - What, Why & How?
Adam's takeaways from following Shakhtar very closely beyond what most people are granted access to
Reviewing the full UCL campaign & the 4-0 loss v RB Leipzig
Shakhtar's UEL draw
Rumours of US tour in January
Transfers focus at The Miners
Mudryk, Matvienko, Trubin (and possibly the rest of the team) and where they'll be off to next (club wise)
Adam also adds to the discussion revolving around recent FIFA statements and the controversies surrounding the upcoming World Cup
Thoughts on THAT secret Gianni Infantino letter to National Associations
Russia getting TV rights… for the World Cup despite their team bans
The Iran ban request from UAF unlikely to have any true impact
Also touch on
Dnipro-1 & their draw in UECL
Rumours of a venue change for Shakhtar tie?
Ukraine U21 upcoming friendlies and debut call ups!
Malinovskyi to Spurs gaining traction again
Zina back for Arsenal too
Listen to the above and MUCH, MUCH MORE in our latest episode!
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