Today's passenger is a bit of a big dog.
Not just cos he plays for Chelsea
but also cos he is literally massive.
It's Asmir Begovic.
This is nice and snug, isn't it?
It is nice and snug. How tall are you?
6'7". 6'7"? Yup.
Wow. What was your first car?
My first car was a Seat Ibiza, actually.
No way! Yeah, one of these bad boys. This car? Yeah. Woohoo!
What car do you drive now?
So, now I drive a Range Rover. Yup. So have you just got the one car?
Well, no, I've got a couple cars.
Oh, here we go. Yeah.
Come on. But I didn't... What are they?
Erm... I think you're allowed to show off, you play for Chelsea.
OK. What have you got?
Well, funnily enough, I do fit into a Maserati, so...
that's my other car I get to drive and... OK.
..then a little whizz-around Mercedes, so...
Little whizz-around Mercedes!
Hey, you've got to have a city car when you live in London. Yeah.
I've got a city car, but it's also the same as me sports car,
it's also the same as me family car. Yeah, but you're lucky,
you've found it all in one. Yeah, fair enough. So...
I think one of my greatest memories of you is seeing that clip
on Sky Sports of you scoring the goal after 13 seconds.
ASMIR LAUGHS And you have the record for
the longest goal ever scored. Yup.
Can you remember how many yards it was?
92.
97.5. 9...? Oh, jeez.
Which sounds like a radio station. OK.
97.5... Very good. ..Begovic FM.
Yeah. When it went in and you could see it and you obviously could see
all the Stoke fans going crazy... Yeah?
..obviously it's hard to celebrate
but what was going through your mind, through your body?
Well, I was kind of thinking, "What just happened?" to be honest.
I couldn't believe... It's not the way I scripted it,
I thought if I was ever going to score,
it's going to be a last-minute header
or something or scramble in the box, but to score right at the beginning
of a game like that, it's not something you ever prepare for
and I was just surprised
and I'm not a hugely emotional guy the best of times,
so I didn't really know
what to do with myself. LLOYD LAUGHS
The goal you scored, world record for the longest goal ever,
but the person that holds the shortest record,
AKA the greatest poacher of all time, Mr Gary Lineker...
Yeah, right. ..has done us a quiz... OK. ..called Taxi Trivia.
Questions all about Chelsea. Oh, jeez.
No, not, "Oh, jeez," you play for them. Yeah.
I should know these things, right? You should know these things. Yeah.
It's currently 4-1 to the players, I've got to make it 4-2.
Welcome to Taxi Trivia. Asmir, Lloyd, get ready to buzz.
Question one - which goalkeeper is the oldest player ever
to play for Chelsea?
Mark Schwarzer.
Question two - to the nearest thousand,
what is the capacity of Stamford Bridge?
42,000.
More than that, innit?
The answer, 42,000.
Ooh, good on you.
Three - who is Chelsea's all-time top goal-scorer?
Frank Lampard.
Who, along with Diego Costa,
has picked up the most yellow cards for Chelsea this season?
Erm... Er...
Azpilicueta. It's N'Golo Kante.
Kante?!
And finally, in what year did Chelsea lift their first
Premier League trophy?
2004.
2005.
Oh, no! Oh-ho! Well done.
So your record gets a little bit worse, huh?
My record is absolutely horrific. Sorry about that.
But I do have a little prize for you.
Oh, look at that, very fitting. How kind.
Little key ring. Thank you. You keep the eyes on the road.
It's got my website on it in case you want to come and see me live.
Oh, will do. Yeah, I'll sort you out a ticket, don't worry about that.
Give it a little smell.
Oh, like goalie gloves. Like goalie gloves, mate.
Yeah, only we would know.
Goalies? Absolutely, we know the smell. You think I'm a goalie?
Absolutely.
It's now time for Paddlefoot.
I've had to pull over because
in previous times I've been a bit scared.
Tyrone Mings nearly killed me. OK.
To make it fair, I'm going to wobble the car, though... Nice.
Otherwise it's a bit unfair on them.
Are you ready? Asmir Begovic, go.
That's terrible. Two. That's why I pull over. Yeah.
OK.
Five.
OK. Go.
No! 22! Thank you.
Yes! Where are you? Ooh!
I'll put you above Curtis Davies. Yup.
Not just cos alphabetically it works,
but also, us goalies stick together, yeah?
There we go. Thanks, mate. Appreciate it.
That is the Unpredictable Glove.
There are questions in there that have been written by the glove.
Quickfire, you have to answer them.
OK. First one.
"Team-mate you'd like to share a room with on an away match."
I'm probably sharing with Nemanja Matic or John Terry, I guess,
two good friends of mine.
Oh, nice. Who would you not want to share with?
Probably not Diego Costa. Why?
Well, he just doesn't strike me like anyone who ever sleeps,
you know, just...
He's always kind of full of energy and always on full blast.
He's always awake. Yeah, he just seems like he'll never sleep, so...
I'll go with one of the other guys.
"Funniest manager you've played under."
Definitely Jose Mourinho. Really?
Yeah. Definitely. So is he funny? Yeah. He's pretty funny,
loves a good laugh
and he's definitely the funniest I've played with.
Not too many other funny guys.
"Footballer you'd most like to be other than yourself."
OK. I don't know, I'd like to be Gigi Buffon or, you know,
someone like Cristiano Ronaldo, the best at what they do.
For me, two of the best. Buffon is next level, isn't he?
Oh, man, as a goalkeeper, it doesn't get better than him, does it?
I mean, to perform at his level at his age for so long... Yeah!
..accomplish everything he's done, is just... Hats off to him.
You know what, I have a signed shirt from him at home. What? Yeah.
Yeah. What...? The prize possession on my wall
and we text from time to time, too.
You and Buffon text? I'm serious.
No way. I'm telling you. Like, what do you mean?
I can put you in touch, if you want. Yes! Yeah!
So, do you still get, like, when you see a...?
HE WHIMPERS "Buffon's just text me,"
do you still get...? Yeah, no, I still get excitement.
Probably don't make that squealing...squeaky noise but...
Yeah, no, I was just putting it on for...you know, but...
So we're here at the training ground, yeah?
That's the training ground. Yeah.
OK, 10 quid, is that all right?
Oh, I've got nothing on me.
Do you have PayPal?
I... Erm, I can transfer PayPal if you want.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll send you an e-mail
with my e-mail, I'll invoice you and then you just send that over,
if that's all right. Right, I can do that.
Asmir Begovic, thank you so much. Thank you.
There you go. There we go. Cheers.
Whoa, don't forget your key ring, mate!
Oh. There you go. Thanks, buddy. Take care.
I'm so glad I've sorted out a PayPal account.