Arka Bhattacharya, Sports Writer at Scroll India, joins us for a special chat about the conundrum of Indian football where a young generation is hooked on to the game but the national team and local leagues are seeing attendance and quality declining. Also, some World Cup predictions.

Soccer Sense

Special - The India Paradox

Vishal and Tareque put their World Cup hats on to put the tournament's groups under the SoccerSense Scope and provide a quick preview of how the Greatest Show on Earth is likely to shape up.

Special - World Cup 2018 Preview

Vishal and Tareque reflect on a dramatic, if distressing, Champions League Final in Kyiv and examine why the Real Madrid juggernaut rolls like it does.

Special - UCL Final: The Aftermath

Tareque and Soccer Sense's European Correspondent, Karan, look ahead to the dazzling possibility that the Liverpool v Real Madrid Champions League final in Kyiv presents.

Back in the USSR - The Champions League Final preview

In the second episode of our special World Cup build up series, Karan steps into the early 21st Century and recounts an evening in Seoul where a team stood up to be counted and their lionhearted performance became a roar heard around the world.

Soccer Sense Replay - CHAPTER TWO : The Roar Heard Around The World

Vishal and Tareque take deep breaths and then go on to retrace the paths of Real Madrid and Liverpool to the Champions League final concluding with an epic soccer sense-laced preview of what promises to be an epic final

The Champions League Final Preview

Vishal takes a deep breath while Tareque is still breathless as the panelists take a deep dive into Liverpool's remarkable semifinal win over Roma that booked them their first Champions League final in 11 years.

Special - The Champions League Semifinals breakdown

In the pilot episode of our special World Cup build up series, Tareque looks back at a fateful night in Naples in 1990, where a fanbase found itself caught in an emotional tumult that would sweep our Soccer Sense host thousands of miles away, and the drama that night would leave an indelible impression on a little boy's mind.

Soccer Sense Replay - CHAPTER ONE : A Neapolitan Night

As we prepare for the greatest show on earth aka the football World Cup, join the Soccer Sense panel as they relive six dramatic world cup encounters with which their footballing and personal histories are intertwined. Introducing our special World Cup series - Soccer Sense Replay.

Introducing Soccer Sense Replay

Our European correspondent, Karan, is here to give an objectively considered preview of the Champions League semifinals because resident Liverpool fan, Tareque, can barely hold it together.

Special - Champions League semifinals preview

Now that Manchester City have been crowned champions, Vishal & Tareque turn their attention to the bottom of the table and consider the unprecedented prospect of the Premier League being made up of 9 newly promoted Championship sides by the 2020 season and what the smaller clubs need to do to survive in the league.

S06 E26 The Art of Survival

Vishal and Tareque take a few deep breaths and try to put into both footballing and fandom perspectives, three delectably dramatic encounters in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.

S06 E25 CL Special - Pressure Cooks Pep Before Whistle

Vishal and Tareque revel in the back to back performances Liverpool and Manchester United delivered against Manchester City and look forward to the second legs of the Champions League quarterfinals.

S06 E24 Ganging Up Against City

Vishal is back from the mountains after summitting a peak, but we are very much focused on the relegation and promotion battle in the Premier League. Tareque & Vishal assess the epidemic of underperformance in the PL this season and take a peek at what’s going on in The Championship.

S06 E23 - 3 Teams Enter, 3 Teams Leave

The 2/3 of the surviving Soccer Sense teams in the Champions League draw are represented as European Correpondent Karan and Tareque so down to preview the last 8 matchups and pick the tie they think will be, as Karanms boss put it, the tastiest.

Special - Champions League Quarters Preview

Soccer Sense, the sensible football podcast takes a weekly look at all that is sensible on the pitch and off it with a focus on the English Premier League. Each week Vishal, Karan & Tareque strive to keep it 100% hot take free. Johan Cruyff is our patron saint.

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