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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

BITESIZE | Chris Waddle: Maldini fell for that

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Sports, Soccer, Football

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today's story comes from former England winger Chris Waddle, who will tell you how his style of play had the same effect on defenders from the Champions League... to the Sunday League.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the big interview bite size brought to you by bet 365. I'm Graham

0:08.7

Hunter and in each episode you'll hear an elite footballer tell a story that's guaranteed to brighten your day.

0:16.3

All of them come from my podcast, The Big Interview with Graham Hunter, which you can find

0:21.1

by searching on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:25.4

Today's story comes from former England and Marse, winger Chris Waddell,

0:29.4

who's going to tell you how his style of play had the same effect on defenders from the Champions League to the Sunday League. I'm not playing against Maldini at Wembley for England in there I think it was about 80 I think he was 20 90 21

0:47.1

I was raving about this kid and don't know what I was wrong he was what a play was anyway I played and it was in a midweek game friendly for England against Italy and I

0:56.3

tortured him. I played right and I always remember the game I come off and I thought

0:59.5

you know that's how he plays a winger type thing and I always like the Italians were like

1:05.2

Can't believe it never seen anybody do that and the press man you know and then when I

1:10.7

Yeah, years on I voiced it every Italian, I met Man Chini was manager,

1:13.8

I'm a man city, and I went to the tunnel and was median.

1:17.2

And they always said the same thing.

1:18.6

The Arley, the lot, the only man to embarrass Muds. And I used to think, is that what I remembered for in Italy?

1:25.0

Just for that, is that it?

1:26.0

And anyway, years ago I won, and I was playing cinema football in Sheffield

1:32.0

and played against a young foolback,

1:34.4

pub football and this young kid bought every trick, every trick and had this kid spinning round.

1:39.6

And I was 42, 43. They sent off shouting across, totally before the game. He always does the same thing.

1:47.0

So I'm going to the sent off, well you come out here.

1:50.0

So, you know, then he's saying, if I come up with, I'll put you across the touch lane and all that,

1:56.0

but yeah, I've heard it all before, you know. Anyway, this young kid's like, I'm sick of this.

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