Classic Big Interview: Virgil van Dijk
Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter
Graham Hunter
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🗓️ 17 August 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Here’s another chance to hear my interview with Virgil van Dijk from season five.
The world’s greatest defender’s big break was his move to Celtic, which grounded him in British football. Next up Southampton, where coach Ronald Koeman picked on Virgil – only to bring out the best in him.
You’ll hear about risk taking, passing and pressing at Anfield, and why Lionel Messi was Virgil’s most challenging opponent.
And I ask, just how the heck did Liverpool turn around the 3-0 defeat away to Barcelona in the semi-final of the Champions League in 2019?
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| 0:55.8 | favorites. This is what I had to say about it back then. |
| 1:01.6 | Let me explain to you how I began this chat with the world's greatest |
| 1:07.6 | defender as a smiling and pretty relaxed Virgil Van Dyke. |
| 1:13.0 | Came out onto the balcony of what during the interview I'm going to describe as one of the great landmarks of the world, |
| 1:19.0 | this beautiful five-star hotel overlooking Lake Geneva and |
| 1:24.4 | Lausanne. As Virgil came out we haven't met before I don't think he knew much about |
| 1:28.9 | the big interview and I said to him we haven't asked to come and share this time with you to interview |
| 1:33.7 | because you're famous or because you're a Champions League winner. At this |
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