Luis Miguel Echegaray Interview; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer News

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Grant teams up with his old partner from Sports Illustrated, Luis Miguel Echegaray (at 21:40), to catch up on what it means to have soccer back in the midst of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. They also talk about the chance for soccer to get new eyeballs in the U.S. as the only pro team sport going for the next month. Before that, Chris Wittyngham of the Chelsea Mike'd Up podcast joins up to discuss the latest soccer news, including Liverpool's destruction of Crystal Palace, Atalanta's big comeback win against Lazio, Real Madrid staying a hair ahead of Barça atop La Liga, the Thursday naming of the women's World Cup host country for 2023, and the start of the NWSL Challenge Cup this Saturday. 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, welcome to football with Grant Wall.
0:09.1	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:10.4	Today's interview guest is Louise Miguel Echegari, my old. joining me We've had some terrific guests so far on this show, including Gergen-Clop, Hercules Gomez, and Lisa Baird,
0:27.1	so check those interviews out. It would be absolutely huge for this podcast growth.
0:31.9	If you could subscribe, recommend us to your friends and take just a little bit of time to rate and review us in Apple podcast that helps people find us
0:41.0	We'll have Louise Miguel Echigarai on soon, but let's take a few minutes first to talk
0:45.8	about soccer news with my friend Chris Whittingham, who's our show producer and a co-host of the Chelsea Mike
0:52.2	Duck pod, which you should definitely check out.
0:55.0	Chris, how are you?
0:56.1	I always enjoy, I know you've worked very hard on your Spanish.
0:58.6	I always enjoy when, even when you did your former podcast, the way you say Luis Miguel Eche-Garai and you did your former podcast the way you say Luis Miguel Eche Garay and you try your best to put a Spanish flourish you do you do your very best I very much appreciate it as a Hispanic person thank you I I like the fact that I can actually speak Spanish with a half decent
1:16.2	accent. I'm very proud of it. Very hard. It's very hard. Lots going on in the soccer world
1:20.0	midweek here. So let's dive right in Liverpool two points away from its first English
1:26.3	League title in 30 years after a 4-0 win against palace some great goals in this game today.
1:33.7	What'd you think?
1:34.7	It's Liverpool back to their best.
1:36.2	There was like a little bit, a few alarm bells of their results pre-Korona virus
1:41.1	break, they go out of the Champions League, they lost to Watford. They start to drop a few points and it's crazy that we hold
1:46.3	Liverpool to such a high standard that they've only what drawn twice and lost once and it's like, oh, what's wrong with Liverpool? It's just it's us seeking a
1:54.2	narrative when there is no title race but them back at their very best a couple of
1:58.2	incredible goals when you look at Trent Alexander Arnold's free kick bent into the
2:02.2	top corner exquisite free kick bent into the top corner, exquisite free kick, and then that
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