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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Classic Big Interview: Thomas Hitzlsperger Part Two

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Sports, Soccer, Football

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Here’s another chance to hear my interview with Thomas Hitzlsperger from season two.

In part two, the former Germany midfielder talks about taking on some big issues: racism in football, and his decision to come out as the most high-profile gay player.

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Exclusions apply, see site for details. Hello, this is Graham. Welcome to a classic big interview. This time we go back to season 1617. This is what I had to say about it back then.

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Okay before part one with hits I already mentioned that we first got chatting when I was writing my Spain book a few years ago

1:08.0

What stood out to me was that Thomas provided brilliant first-hand insights into what it was like to face that all-conquering Spanish

1:16.4

team for Germany, 2008, when the adventure was just beginning.

1:20.3

He didn't just list memories. He'd obviously thought a great deal about the Spanish

1:25.4

players during the game and afterwards too. And indeed it struck me that although

1:30.0

the German players could have been mad at the way in which the Spaniards celebrated through

1:33.8

the mix zone, made it look as if they were triumphalist, not just triumphant.

1:39.6

It's had a different view about the people he met for Spain that day and he stopped me as a thinker.

1:45.0

We touch on that subject again.

1:46.4

We talk about his take on Das Rebut as Raffa Honigstein famously called it and

1:51.1

Klinsman inspired Revolution from 2006 which with the help of

1:55.3

Samar and German Bundesleager took their football back to the top of the world in

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