Discussion over interview with Dusan Tadic

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A new episode of the football podcast Playback featured reporter Robèrt Misset discussing his much-discussed interview with NEC attacker Dusan Tadic. Misset said he was surprised by the fuss surrounding the interview and addressed what had happened.

The episode also covered Peter Bosz saying that the controversy was over, as well as Rypke’s experience of the Feyenoord–AZ match at De Kuip, where he considered one of the cheers somewhat exaggerated.

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