⚽ Power shifts. Panic decisions. Exposed hypocrisy.

In this episode of The Vidace Pivot Podcast, we step into football’s pressure chambers where reputations collapse, tournaments define nations, and power brokers reveal their contradictions.

🔥 Why did Chelsea pull the trigger on Enzo Maresca?

We break down the internal chaos at Stamford Bridge, the expectations that crushed a project before it could breathe, and what Chelsea’s latest managerial sacking says about modern football’s obsession with instant success.

🕵️‍♂️Florentino Pérez, Negreira & the problem of selective outrage

As Real Madrid’s president positions himself as football’s moral compass, we examine why his interest in the Negreira case raises uncomfortable questions, and why power in football often speaks loudest when it suits.

🌍 Who are the real AFCON favourites?

Beyond headlines and nostalgia, we analyse the squads, form, tactics, and psychological edge of Africa’s strongest contenders, separating sentiment from reality as the continent prepares for its most demanding tournament.

🎧 This is not a surface-level conversation.

It’s a deep, immersive breakdown of football’s decisions, contradictions, and consequences—where every move has a cost.

Listen. Think. Pivot.

🎙️ MErCAD

Credits

Sky sports

ESPN

CBS Sports

CAF TV | YouTube

Michael Owen, Steve Mcmanaman

Music:

N3X _ Feel you