Oleksandr Zinchenko on Football, Ukraine and Achieving Greatness, Part Two

Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm head of programming, Connor Boyle. For this episode, we're rejoining for part two of our conversation with Alexander Zinchenko, the Premier League footballer who plays for Arsenal and previously for Manchester City. His recent book, Believe, tells his story from being a youth player in Ukraine. and making sense of life on the Ukraine-Russia border, to winning titles under Pep Guardiola, and absorbing the wisdom of top flight managers such as Mikhail Arteta. Being Ukrainian and in the spotlight during a time of conflict has also meant Zinchenko often campaigns in support of his homeland during the ongoing war. Joining him to discuss it all at our recent Intelligence Squared live event recorded on the twenty third of October at London's annual centre was Amy Lawrence. Amy is Arsenal correspondent for The Athletic, an author of eighty-nine, Arsenal's Greatest Moment, told in our own words. This is the second installment of our in-depth discussion. Intelligence Square premium subscribers can get access to the full-length conversation, including content that isn't available anywhere else. Head to IntelligenceSquared.

dot com slash membership to find out more or hit the IQ two extra button on Apple. Now let's rejoin our host, Amy Lawrence, live on stage in conversation with Alexander Zinchenko. You started in this kind of hybrid role. uh Arsenal which was new to most people watching where, you know Are you a left back are you a midfield player? When d when are you this, when are you this

Is it quite hard to learn a completely new kind of concept? when you're already an established player. It is not when the right people around you First of all, the the manager, the staff, the players which understand as well this position because okay you can you can do this role, but uh also important that the others understand it as well, you know, to keep the right distance with and without the ball. It's a lot of a lot of m uh different things. But And obviously I think if

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