BONUS EPISODE: Roberto Martínez Interview

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In a special bonus episode, Grant interviews Roberto Martínez, who recently extended his contract as the head coach and technical director for the No. 1 team in the FIFA world rankings, Belgium, through World Cup 2022. Martínez, who used to manage Everton, Wigan and Swansea City and has worked for ESPN during several major tournaments, has a chapter on him in Grant's book Masters of Modern Soccer. In their interview, Martínez shares why he wanted to continue with Belgium for another two years; his memories of eliminating Brazil and winning third place at World Cup 2018; what it's like to work with Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard; how he's dealing with the year's delay of Euro 2020; which club team he has enjoyed watching the most this season; and whether he would be interested in the USMNT job for World Cup 2026 in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Martínez is known as one of the true gentlemen of the game, and he shows that again in this interview. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there I'm Grant Wall.
0:05.0	I'm Grant Wall.
0:08.0	Welcome to Football with Grant Wall.
0:10.0	I want to thank each and every one of you for joining this new community.
0:13.4	We've started with interviews of Tyler Adams, Marcello Balboa, Landen Donovan,
0:18.1	Derek Ray and Julie Fowdy, so check those out.
0:21.2	This podcast is a joint effort with the Total Soccer Show and it comes out twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays. But today we've got a bonus episode with my interview of Roberto Martinez, the head coach and technical director for Belgium,
0:36.4	the number one ranked team in the FIFA world rankings.
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0:51.0	I can't tell you how much that helps especially early on.
0:55.0	You guys have been absolutely amazing with that, so thank you.
0:58.0	Now here's my interview with Roberto Martinez.
1:01.0	Our guest now is the manager. Martinez.
1:03.0	Our guest now is the manager who led Belgium to the semi-finals of World Cup 2018 and the current
1:09.7	number one spot in the FIFA World rankings. You also know Roberto Martinez from his days
1:15.0	managing Everton and Wigan and from his terrific work on ESPN during major
1:19.7	tournaments. I also spent some time with him for a chapter in my book Masters of Modern Soccer.
1:25.0	He just extended his contract with Belgium as its head coach and technical director through
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