Chris Wittyngham
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Well, okay. Actually, I do have a slight history lesson for you here.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
The word soccer is actually an English word. If you go back down the years, you watch some BBC broadcasts in the 1970s and 1980s, they're calling it soccer.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
That's not it. Now, Russell, one of the biggest things for viewers to get used to in this year's Champions League is it's a completely different format. One 36-team league table where not everyone is playing each other home and away. Eight different opponents for every team. Realistically, I think the biggest thing for viewers to get used to is that
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Every week, there are going to be games between big teams, and that used to not be the case. If you're not watching your own team, you're going to watch whatever the biggest game is, and there will be one of those almost every single day of this league stay.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
So you've got to get in touch with Jude Bellingham to get that picture off him.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Zlatan. I would kind of love to meet Zlatan, even though he would absolutely overwhelm me. I work for our Serie A coverage at Paramount+. And he went up to the desk and straight away was like, oh, this is the B team. What happened to the A team that does the Champions League? And it was like, just what an absolute savage this man is. I don't know if I could really speak to him.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Well, okay, he could talk his way into doing that and then probably not fare well against the gorilla, I would imagine.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Riccardo Calafiori stole Europe's hearts this summer because of his wonderful haircut. The Italians usually bring the hair to the competition. Germans as well. Do you feel like we will have better hairstyle in the Champions League because it's Italy and Germany, maybe not England, that is getting the extra spot in the Champions League?
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Go down the years. Pirlo. Nesta. Maldini. And now, I mean, Calafiori. If you had said to Arsenal fans before the Euros, hey, we're going to sign Riccardo Calafiori, you wouldn't have heard of him. But all of a sudden you see his hair and you think, this is the best defender that we've ever seen. Our teeth are bad.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Jack Grealish is good. Jack Grealish has wonderful hair. Wonderful hair. But also, I do think Wayne Rooney was not the best diplomat in this regard.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
Hello, I'm Chris Whittingham. I'm a commentator for CBS and Paramount Plus on the UEFA Champions League.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE SOCCER SHOW: GoalLess with Russell Howard and Chris Wittyngham
He means soccer. Each week, we'll kick around the biggest stories, predictions, and results from the Champions League. We'll talk with players, comedians, and actors who share our love and passion for the game, plus news from the wider world of soccer.