ESPN's Wright Thompson; Chris Wittyngham on Soccer News

<p>Grant interviews his friend Wright Thompson (at 32:04), a senior writer at ESPN and the author of the recent New York Times Best-Seller <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pappyland-Story-Family-Bourbon-Things/dp/0735221251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=wright+thompson&qid=1613960837&sr=8-1"> <em>Pappyland: A Story Of Family, Fine Bourbon and the Things That Last</em></a>. They discuss his book, his interest in Kentucky and his approach to writing, including an anthology's worth of Thompson's phenomenal soccer writing over the years. Those include stories by Thompson on <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/10984370/portrait-serial-winner-luis-suarez-soccer-most-beautiful-player"> Luis Su&#225;rez and Uruguayan soccer</a>, <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/10079392/generation-june"> Brazilian protests ahead of World Cup 2014</a>, <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9338962/when-beautiful-game-turns-ugly"> the culture of Italian football</a>, <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23688772/man-united-france-star-paul-pogba-looking-impress-russia"> Paul Pogba</a>, the <a href="https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/25391799/boca-juniors-vs-river-plate-greatest-game-never-played"> Boca Juniors-River Plate rivalry</a> and <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/club/fiorentina/109/blog/post/3411616/davide-astori-funeral-a-day-of-mourning-in-florence-our-captain-forever"> the death of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori</a>.</p> <p>Before that, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down a busy soccer weekend, including: the USWNT's 2-0 win over Brazil; Inter's big 3-0 victory over Milan; whether we have concerns about Christian Pulisic at Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel; Liverpool's nosedive; Man City's breathtaking run; whether Messi will stay or leave Barcelona; and Bayern Munich and Atl&#233;tico Madrid dropping more points in Germany and Spain.</p> <p>This episode of <em>F&#250;tbol with Grant Wahl</em> is brought to you by&#160;<a href="http://www.fntz.co/Gran