On Kobe Bryant's Legacy and Soccer Connection; Erling Haaland, Chicharito's Relationship with Mexican Media

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Grant and Luis Miguel devote the first part of the podcast to the tragic deaths of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others in Sunday's helicopter crash; the impact that Bryant had on so many millions, including in the soccer world; and then transition into the other news of the week. Topics: Erling Haaland's remarkable goal-scoring run; the exciting title race at the top of the Bundesliga; Barcelona's toothless possession under Quique Setién in a 2-0 loss at Valencia; Inter's missed opportunity with Juventus losing at Napoli; Liverpool's surprising tie against Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup; the frosty relationship of Chicharito to the Mexican and Latino media in the aftermath of his viral video; and the USWNT's start of Olympic qualifying this week (as well as the story behind TV coverage). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.6	Yeah, this is going to be a tough one.
0:40.6	Obviously we'll get into it but bit obviously the tragic devastating news of
0:45.1	Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna and the other passengers the victims have really you know
0:55.9	sort of created this cloud over not just a basketball world but the entire sports world. Yeah and obviously Kobe didn't
1:01.7	play soccer but it felt almost as if he did if you followed him over the years.
1:09.0	For those of you who don't know, he grew up in Italy where his father played and was an AC Milan fan
1:17.2	Barcelona fan I always wanted to talk about have a nice conversation conversation with him about soccer, never got the opportunity,
1:25.7	but clearly cared about the sport.
1:29.8	And like you, this is really tragic and I'm thinking about the other people on a helicopter.
1:38.0	I'm thinking about his daughter, G.G. was 13 who, if you followed social media over the last couple years you would see clips of her
1:47.0	clearly had a future in basketball just two weeks ago actually,
1:54.0	actually, Kobe was part of the MLS Media Day
1:57.0	and I was out there in LA
1:59.0	and he was really patient, did a lot of interviews,
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