All About Joshua Kimmich

Football Daily

BBC

Soccer, Sports

4.3 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Joshua Kimmich is a key player for both Germany and Bayern Munich. The 27-year-old opens up in a lengthy interview with Guillem Balague recorded at Bayern Munich’s training ground shortly before the Bundesliga season paused for the World Cup. He discusses everything from playing football in the street as a youngster to the influence of Pep Guardiola. He talks about lengthy car journeys with his dad to training with Stuttgart, the evolution of his game, his hopes for the World Cup – and spills the beans on several of his Germany team-mates. Timecodes 1.40 – Taking his family to the World Cup. 4.05 – His upbringing, playing football in the street and having fun with his friends. 8 – Joining Stuttgart at the age of 12 and the journeys there with his dad. Whether his dad thought he could make it. 11.50 – When he realised he was good and had talent. 16.50 – How and when the move to Bayern Munich happened. 18.21 – The influence of Pep Guardiola. 25 – Kimmich discusses his favourite positions on the pitch. 28.40 – Developing as a leader. 30 – Why a strong Bayern is good for the German team. 31 - Learning lessons from 2018. 34 – His favourites for the Wold Cup. 36 – Kimmich discusses several of his team-mates – Manuel Neuer, Thomas Mueller, Jamal Musiala and Kai Havertz.

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0:08.0	It involves stealing cars.
0:09.0	Innovative.
0:10.0	Joy-riding.
0:11.0	Provocative.
0:12.0	And being chased by police cars.
0:14.0	Fun.
0:15.0	I'm boxing along, and this is my grandest game.
0:18.0	For 25 years now, it's been one of the most controversial games on the planet.
0:23.0	What an earthly good can come from producing a game that allows you to behave like this.
0:28.0	And one of the very best is said a lot to me about my life when I needed it most.
0:34.0	And that's a story it's going to get told.
0:36.0	Bugsy Malone, my grandest game.
0:39.0	I'll know on BBC Science.
0:42.0	BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcast.
0:46.0	The World Cup Daily, from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:50.0	Hello, I'm Guillermo Laguerre, and welcome to a very special World Cup Daily Podcast.
0:56.0	We are going to spend the next half an hour or so in the company of a player who is hoping to end the year as a World Cup winner.
1:03.0	I'm a simply very satile and with great leadership skills, he's a key player for both Bayern Munich and the German national team.
1:14.0	Before we get into your own story, we want to know who you are, where you come from and what makes you.
1:23.0	Have you organized everything that has to do with the World Cup?
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