Arsenal Women Arsecast Episode 152: FIFA Champions Cup Preview Special
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Arsenal Women Arsecast, Tim gets the lowdown on the other teams participating in this week's FIFA Champions Cup, which Arsenal will participate in as the current champions of Europe. First Tim talks to freelance African Football journalist Ali Howorth for an in-depth look at semi-final opponents ASFAR of Morocco, their history, key players and the broader context of women's football in Africa and Morocco. Then Tim talks to Sports Illustrated's Jenna Tonelli, who covers Gotham FC about a rollercoaster couple of years of success for them. At the end, Tim gives us an overview on CONMEBOL champions Corinthians and how they have dominated Brazilian and South American women's football.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Arsenal Women Askast and AskBlog.com with me, your host, Tim Stillman, |
| 0:17.9 | with a special preview show for the FIFA Champions Cup |
| 0:21.8 | that is happening in London this week. |
| 0:24.9 | Now, |
| 0:25.1 | for those of you who don't know, |
| 0:26.6 | this is the inaugural |
| 0:27.8 | FIFA, |
| 0:28.5 | women's FIFA Champions Cup, |
| 0:30.5 | and it works quite a lot |
| 0:32.1 | like the men's |
| 0:33.3 | Intercontinental Cup works or worked. |
| 0:36.3 | I don't even know |
| 0:36.8 | if they still do that anymore, |
| 0:38.0 | but essentially what we've got are four games in London, |
| 0:42.4 | two on Wednesday, so semi-final final set up. |
| 0:45.9 | So the first semi-final at Brentford Stadium at 1230 on Wednesday |
| 0:51.2 | is going to be Gotham, |
| 0:54.0 | who are the most recent Concaf Champions League winners |
| 0:57.4 | from New Jersey against Corinchins from Sao Paulo, who are the reigning Copa Libertadores champions, |
| 1:05.1 | and in fact they tend to win the Copa Libertadores every year. |
| 1:08.6 | And then later at 6pm at Brentford Stadium, you've got Arsenal, the Champions of Europe, |
| 1:14.2 | against Asfar from Morocco, who are the most recent CAF Champions League winners. |
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