Classic Big Interview: Gaizka Mendieta Part Two
Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter
Graham Hunter
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🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Here’s another chance to hear my interview with Gaizka Mendieta from season one.
In part two, we hear about how Valencia had the confidence to usually beat Real and Barca, and scoring perhaps THE greatest-ever goal, against Atlético Madrid in the 1999 Copa del Rey final.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Graham. Welcome to a classic big interview. Today, join me. We're going |
| 0:19.9 | back to season 2015, 2016. This is what I had to say about it back then. |
| 0:27.0 | It's the big interview, the new one. Ice Come andietta. May 1996 was a pretty pivotal moment for me in my career. |
| 0:34.8 | The first time I worked journalistically in the city of Barcelona, it was the under 21 |
| 0:39.9 | championships, the semifinals and final, four teams. |
| 0:43.4 | And it turned out that good though they were, the Scotland of Tommy Craig's a manager, |
| 0:48.6 | Christian Daly, Stevie Glass from Aberdeen, |
| 0:51.4 | Jackie McNamara, we weren't quite good enough for France and Italy |
| 0:56.2 | sides and Spain sides containing the guys on show were unbelievable in that mini tournament |
| 1:01.9 | in the Montjuice Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. |
| 1:04.0 | For France, there were Viera, Peres, |
| 1:08.0 | Macalelli, first sight of any of those for me. |
| 1:12.0 | For Spain, there was Ra there was a young Raoul 18 year old the youngest |
| 1:16.7 | by a distance and his squad even de la Pena who stunned everybody with his quality that day. |
| 1:21.1 | Also a young Fernando Moreentes, others who went on to Star for Spanish clubs. |
| 1:26.4 | But maybe it was the eventual winners, Italy, who had seemingly the most Star-started |
| 1:31.2 | squad. |
| 1:32.1 | Gijibufon, Fabio Kanavaro, Francesco Totti, Panucci, Nesta, |
| 1:38.0 | think about that, all coached by Maldini's old man, |
| 1:42.0 | looking like Iggy pop even then. The guy who I find it as a total privilege |
| 1:45.9 | and when I bless my luck as a broadcaster that I went on to work with was guys come in |
| 1:51.3 | Deetta who was playing for Spain in that tournament |
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