Chris Whittingham

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4,617 appearances 12 recordings 4 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 20 Jul

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The Dan Le Batard Show · The Fancy Lad Returns: Chris Wittyngham On The World Cup | Hour 2 · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

There was absolutely no rhythm for Argentina to find. matched

So you're trying to hit a direct ball to him in transition. matched

That's not where he thrives. matched

He thrives in, as you say, Mike, finding spaces on the weak side when he's walking and everyone else is running and trying to figure out where the ball is. matched

He finds a space where nobody is. matched

There was none of that to be found yesterday for him. matched

Yeah, if you look at the data, both in terms of the actual on-field statistic, but also there's a figure called expected goals, which essentially measures the quality of chances that you give up. matched

Spain had the best expected goals against figure in the history of the tournament, and that's having played a game more than anybody else who's ever played in this tournament before. matched

They allowed, in terms of quality of chance, they would have been expected to allow 2.3 goals over the course of the tournament, which is better than anyone in the history of the sport. matched

So yeah, it is incredible that they are this good defensively out of possession. matched

It just goes to show the way that they strangle games. matched

But I think a lot of... matched

teams are probably rated more highly, both in terms of the individual quality of defender. matched

I mean, there are German teams of the past that have all time figures. matched

I think the one thing that kind of you struggle to get on board with Spain being an all time team is they don't really have outside of Rodri and midfield all time players. matched

We think maybe Pau Cubarsi can be an all-time player in the center of defense. matched

He's awesome. matched

He's the young player of the tournament. matched

We think Lamin Yamal is on his way. matched

He didn't play well at this World Cup, though. matched

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