Episodes
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Corinthians on trial and Pelé madness
The Elastico podcast team are joined by James Young (@seeadarkness) to discuss the latest events in Brazilian football. From the sad death of a 14-year-old at a Corinthians game in Bolivia, to Pelé's comments on Neymar, to the state championship structure, we cover it all. After a bit of a winter...
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Silly season well underway
The January transfer window is now open and, with Brazilian sides entering pre-season, they are no exception to the transfer frenzy. The Brazilian market has already shocked many, with Corinthians sealing the €15 million signing of Alexandre Pato. However, there has been plenty of other activity....
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End of Season awards
The Elastico's Chris and Rio are once more joined by BBC South American football correspondent Tim Vickery to dish out the Sambafoot Brasileirão awards. This year we commemorate the Revelation of the Year, Manager of the Year, Team of the Year and, of course, the best player of the Brasileirão...
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Celebration for the Zumbi nation
The Elastico podcast returns to bring a look at the final day of the Brasileirão season in which the city of Recife played host to a crucial relegation encounter. Host Christopher Atkins is joined by TheElastico.com's Rio Coimbra (@the_elastico) and freelance journalist James Young…
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The king is dead, long live the king
Chris and Rio return for a Seleção focused podcast to discuss the shock sacking of Brazil National Team head coach Mano Menezes. To help the duo dissect the CBF's axe-swinging, they are joined by freelance South American football writer Rupert Fryer, who lends his opinion on events. Also…
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We have a winner!
Join Chris and Rio of The Elastico once more to go through the latest stories from Brazil in the week that the country crowned Fluminense champions of 2012. The duo also look at Brazilians in the Champions League, before being joined by Belgian journalist Samindra Kunti for his view on football…
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The fall of an Empire?
The Elastico podcast is back once more as Chris and Rio (The Elastico) are joined by James Young (Tall Coconuts, Independent) to discuss the latest happenings in Brazilian football. On the agenda this week: A decisive set of results at the bottom of the table; another week of shame for 'The...
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Shakhtar's wonder scouts
Chris and Rio discuss the last week of action from the world of Brazilian football, including top of the table action, a Flamengo crisis, champions in China and Shakhtar Donetsk.
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A clash of the titans in Brazil
The Elastico host Christopher Atkins is joined by James Young of the Tall Coconuts blog to discuss the latest developments in Brazilian football, with this week's focus on Fluminense x Atlético Mineiro, the relegation battle and the future of Neymar.
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Who is Felipe Anderson?
The Elastico podcast is back with another weekly look at events in the crazy world of Brazilian Football. This week, hosts Christopher Atkins and Rio Coimbra (The Elastico) are joined by James Young, Brazilian football expert for the Independent and editor of the Tall Coconuts blog. On the agenda...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Welcome back!
Chris and Rio return once more with their weekly look at the world of Brazilian football and this week we are joined by the excellent Kristian Bengtson of the Anything Palmeiras blog (@AnyPalmeiras). As expected then, the Verdao take centre stage. Part 1 sees the guys discuss some of the latest...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Welcome back!
The Elastico podcast, hosted by Christopher Atkins and Rio Coimbra, returns after a summer absence with a recap of recent events in the crazy world of Brazilian football. Together, the duo examine the revelations of the Brasileirão 2012, the performance of the Brazilian national team in recent...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 04 July 2012
The Elastico podcast is back, with Chris, Rio and James discussing all things Brazilian football. From the Copa Libertadores, to the Copa do Brasil, to the domestic league, it is all things go in the Brazilian game. Will Ganso leave? Seedorf is in Brazil! Can Corinthians win the Libertadores? We...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 26th June 2012
The Elastico podcast is back, with Chris, Rio and James discussing all things Brazilian football. From the Copa Libertadores, to the Copa do Brasil, to the domestic league, it is all things go in the Brazilian game and we are here to discuss it all.
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 20th June 2012
The Elastico podcast returns with guests Chris Atkins and Rio Coimbra (of The Elastico) and James Young of the Tall Coconuts blog. With the delay, it is a jam-packed episode with topics ranging from the national side to the Libertadores and from Ronaldinho to Garry Cook, every subject is covered....
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 22th May 2012
The Elastico Podcast is back with Chris and Rio at the helm to look at the lastest from the world of Brazilian football, alongside James Young (@seeadarkness) of the Tall Coconuts blog. This week sees the start of the Brasileirão, so the team preview the season, take a look at Brazilian's abroad...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 15th May 2012
Join Chris and Rio as they take another look at the crazy world of Brazilian football. This week they are joined by James Young (@seeadarkness) to discuss the finals of Brazil's various state championships as well as all the big news from at home and abroad.
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The Elastico Podcast - 9th May 2012
The Elastico podcast returns after a short break (technical issues) for a new episode with a new regular panelist. With Rio Coimbra away, host Christopher Atkins is joined by football commentator Paul Sarahs who will share with us all of his acquired knowledge from leagues far and wide. State...
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The Elastico Podcast - 13th March 2012
Christopher Atkins hosts the podcast once more as we look at an action packed week of Brazilian football. Joining Chris are TheElastico.com's Rio Coimbra and freelance-writer James Young, who runs the 'Tall Coconuts' blog on Brazilian football. Part 1 - A look at the Libertadores, Paulista and...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 6 March 2012
Another episode of The Elastico podcast featuring Chris Atkins and Rio Coimbra. This week we have a three part feature for your enjoyment, so take a look at what we have lined-up: Part 1 - Review of the week's action Part 2 - We talk to Art Zantinge, a Canadian lover of São Paulo state football...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 29th February 2012
The Elastico podcast is back again, slightly delayed to incorporate Brazil's friendly encounter with Bosnia. Chris Atkins is your host once more for the show and is joined by The Elastico's Rio Coimbra to review all the latest action from the domestic game. Besides that, we also have immediate...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 21st February 2012
The Elastico podcast is officially back for another season as we pick-up on the action so far in the 2012 Brazilian season. An episode packed with talking points, from the latest Brazil squad to the plight of Grêmio, host Christopher Atkins is joined by Rio Coimbra of theelastico.com to discuss…
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Serie A Mini-Pod
The Elastico host Christopher Atkins is joined by World Football Show host Mina Rzouki (@minarzouki) to discuss Brazilians in the Serie A. Italy has been fortunate over the years to see some of Brazil's greatest talents grace the pitch in Serie A, so join Mina as she guides us through the current...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - La Liga Mini-Pod
The Elastico's Chris Atkins is joined by Joseph Sexton to take a look at those Brazilian players playing in Spain, with a whole host of talent to choose from. How is Kaka getting on? Can Dani Alves succeed for Brazil? Who is Gabriel Silva? All that and more in this mini-special.
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Summer Round-Up
The Elastico's Christopher Atkins and Rio Coimbra are joined by Robert Sweeney of the Santapelota blog for a look at a turbulent off-season in Brazilian football. With recent developments at Flamengo, there is plenty to discuss and the three panellists try to get through as much as possible in…
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Ligue 1 Mini-Pod
The Elastico host Christopher Atkins is joined by the one-and-only Andrew Gibney of French Football Weekly for a look at the Brazilians in Ligue 1. In the course of the episode, the pair discuss the likes of Michel Bastos, Nene and Hilton and many, many more.
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Transfers Mini-Pod
The Elastico duo of Christopher Atkins and Rio Coimbra meet up to bring you a 20 minute round-up of the biggest transfer news so far this off-season from Brazil. With some teams already ploughing into the market and others holding back, it makes for intrigue and debate as the transfer window...
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The Elastico Podcast for Sambafoot.com - Premier League Mini-Pod
This week, The Elastico podcast host Christopher Atkins is joined by Chris of the Can They Score? Manchester United podcast. Between the two Chris's, they take a (brief) look at all those Brazilians plying their trade in the top tier of English league system. Which have succeeded against the…
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - Bundesliga Mini-Pod
The Elastico's Christopher Atkins hosts this first mini-pod of the winter, as he talks to Niklas Wildhagen of the Bundesliga Fanatic site about the Brazilian players currently plying their trade in Germany. From the excellence of Dante, to the plight of Breno, Niklas guides us through the great…
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 10th December 2011
The Elastico Podcast is back after last week's live show with an End of Season review episode, hosted once more by Chris and Rio. This week's special guest is BBC and Sambafoot correspondant Tim Vickery as the three-man panel assess who is deserving of winning various award categories this...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 28th November 2011
The Elastico Podcast is back once more and so is Rio Coimba (@the_elastico) who joins host Christopher Atkins again to discuss what was an incredibly topsy-turvy and exciting weekend of Brazilian football. Joining the two regulars is Gordon Fleetwood (@gorayfle) who, as well as contributing his...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 22th November 2011
Introduced by Brazil and Shakhtar midfielder Jadson, the English language Brazilian football podcast returns with host Christopher Atkins (@chris_elastico) talking to TV Globo's Jon Cotterill (@pitacodogringo) about the season so far and this weekend's action. Topics include the decline of...
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The Elastico Podcast on Sambafoot.com - 17th November 2011
The all Brazilian football podcast returns, hosted by Christopher Atkins, with in-studio guests Rio Coimbra (theelastico.com) and Deborah Ferreira (Twitter - @binhaf). The panel review the two international games for Brazil this week and then, in part two, continue to look at the Brazilian...
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The Elastico Podcast for Sambafoot.com - 7th November 2011
Host Christopher Atkins and Rio Coimbra (The Elastico) meet up once more to discuss the week's Brasileirão action, as well as taking some listener questions on a variety of subjects.
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The Elastico Podcast - 1st November 2011
The Elastico's Chris and Rio are joined by two popular members of the online Brazilian football community this week, as the podcast becomes the only English language Brazilian football show on the internet. Stefan Kelly (@midfielddiamond) and Deborah Ferreira (@binhaf) are the guests as the panel...
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The Elastico Podcast - 25th October 2011
The Elastico podcast hosts Chris and Rio are joined by Brazilian football expert Robert Sweeney (@santapelota) for the latest installment of the pod. Topics for discussion: Man City, David Luiz, the Brazilian Championship, Vasco, Corinthians, the battle against relegation and much more
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The Elastico Podcast - 25th September 2011
The Elastico's Chris and Rio are joined by a French Football Weekly tag-team duo of Andrew Gibney and Jonathan Johnson for the latest episode of The Elastico podcast. Part 1 is Premier League based, whilst in Part 2 the boys take a look at the Ligue 1 season so far. Listen in, enjoy and keep...
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The Elastico Podcast - 18th September 2011
Chris and Rio are joined by Italian football experts Charles Ducksbury (The Elastico) and Rocco Cammisola (The Football Express) to discuss the Premier League and the start to the Serie A season. Also, the Player of the Week feature makes a welcome return.
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The Elastico Podcast - 11th September 2011
This week The Elastico welcomes Simon Walsh of Roker Report, Cristian Nyari of Bundesliga Fanatic and Gary Al-Smith of SuperSport to discuss some of the week's big talking points. Part 1 includes a results round-up from around Europe, some Premier League discussion, a debate on the merits of the...
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The Elastico Podcast - 4th September 2011
The latest in The Elastico podcast series and today we welcome back Eduardo from La Lambretta and Ravi from Forza Futbol, as well as an Elastico debut for Robert Sweeney from the Santapelota site. In Part 1, Chris is joined by Edu and Ravi to discuss week 1 of La Liga and some of the major issues...
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The Elastico Podcast - 29 August 2011
The Elastico hosts Christopher Atkins and Rio Coimbra are joined by Jerrad Peters, football journalist and author of 'We Call It Soccer' and also The Elastico writer Greg Clayton. In Part 1, they discuss Liverpool Football Club and the Premier League Top Four, followed by the Champions League…
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The Elastico Podcast - 21 August 2011
This week on The Elastico Podcast, Chris and Rio are joined by The Elastico writer Stuart Watts (@studub) and Norwich City blogger Matt Wallace (@Holtamania) to discuss the latest Premier League talking points. Major topics include: Andre Villas Boas' Chelsea, Norwich's start to the season, QPR's...
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The Elastico Podcast - 14 August 2011
The Elastico host, Chris, is joined by Jonathan Sexton, Edu from La Lambretta and Forza Futbol's Ravi to discuss the season ahead in Spain. Also, a brief round up of all the action across Europe.
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The Elastico Podcast - 07 August 2011
Elastico writers Stuart Watts and Adrian Collins join Chris and Rio to discuss the forthcoming Premier League season. We also have a round-up from France, Germany, Brazil and the U20 World Cup. As a bonus this week, there is also an interview with Daily Mirror chief football correspondant Martin...
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The Elastico Podcast - 31 July 2011
In the inaugral The Elastico podcast, Christopher Atkins and Rio Coimbra discuss the Premier League Top Five, France's Ligue 1, the Bundesliga and the current state of play in Brazil, with guest contributions from French Football Weekly's Jonathan Joseph and Bundesliga Fanatic's Niklas Wildhagen