Matchday & Anime

About Matchday & Anime

⚽ "Offside & Overpowered" is the ultimate mash-up you didn’t know you needed. Four friends in their 20s bring the heat with unfiltered takes on South African and European football. Mixing local flair, global drama, and just enough anime energy to power up your matchday experience. From PSL plot twists to Champions League chaos and the occasional Shonen-style showdown, we’re not just talking football, we’re building a universe around it. Expect passion, banter, wild analogies, and zero filter.

Publisher

M&A Podcast

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Aug 2025

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 40 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   WHO SHOULD WIN THE BALLON D’OR?🏆| BALLON D’OR FAIR AWARD OR POLITICAL?👀 Debate⚽🔥

   Matchday & Anime hosts debate whether Lamine Yamal, Michael Olise, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé, or Lionel Messi deserves the Ballon d'Or and if the award retains its credibility.

2. 

   29 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   ARE SUNDOWNS FINISHED? Pirates & Chiefs Fight for the Title!

   Host [Host Name] interviews football analysts [Analyst Name 1] and [Analyst Name 2] about the shifting PSL title race and Mamelodi Sundowns' changing dominance.

3. 

   30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Will Pirates Prove It Wasn’t a Fluke? | 2026/27 PSL Season Predictions

   Host [Host Name] analyzes the 2026/27 PSL season, predicting title contenders and team performances, offering insights into potential league outcomes.

Inside a recent episode

WHO SHOULD WIN THE BALLON D’OR?🏆| BALLON D’OR FAIR AWARD OR POLITICAL?👀 Debate⚽🔥

Published 24 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But if you check in the football of now, everyone wants to recognize their own league now. Yeah. but that's not the players the players don't do that it's only the league that does that yeah even now people are now behind that thing check check check check with the of coin everyone was invested yeah because we were saying african football needs to be recognized yeah so how are we how are we like Defending the Fed Kioguti, he balando is a European thing. Why are we trying to get Africa recognized? Why can't it be a worldwide thing? Also, to add on Swida's point, if a player does well in half-court, with the half-court, we would want like that player to be nominated exactly and like for example when there was a year where Mane was close Salah was close and we're like and that year do you know what was happening that year? […]

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