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(Extra) Teaser - The Interview: Zeljko Kalac (Ep. 167) image

(Extra) Teaser - The Interview: Zeljko Kalac (Ep. 167)

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Extra teaser from Italian Football Podcast interview with former Champions League winner with AC Milan, Perugia and Australian international goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac, who shares an extraordinary story from when he was teammates with Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the son of Colonel Gaddafi.

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Who is Al-Sadi Gaddafi?

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Speaker
We have to ask you about one teammate in particular, Al-Sadi Gaddafi, who as I said is the son of former Libyan leader.

A Night Out in Milan

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We played our last match somewhere at Aretso, we played in Aretso and he says to me, come on, we go to Milan for a night out, we had the winter break, we had 10 days off, we get to Milan, we had
00:00:25
Speaker
The following is a clip from this week's Italian football podcast.

The Morning After with Bodyguards

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a great night out.
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And in the morning, I get a knock on my door at about eight o'clock in the morning and it's his bodyguards.

Meeting Al-Sadi Again

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And I thought, oh my God, what have I done now? And he goes, Sadi wants to see you, Sadi wants to see you.

Spontaneous Trip to the Bahamas

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So I go see Sadi. And he says to me, oh, it's too cold here. Let's go somewhere warm. I said, man, where am I going to go warm? I've just got the clothes that I got on my back. He goes, don't worry, don't worry. We buy when we get there.

Reflecting on Al-Sadi Post-Libya

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We got on the private plane and we went to the Bahamas for 10 days. It was gold. Yeah.
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You don't still hear from him now? I didn't try to get in contact with him when all hell broke loose in Libya. I hope he's well. I heard he's got out of prison now and I hope he's well.