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SOCCER QUOTES
Website presents 2010 World Cup Soccer quotes.
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When Maradona was asked about his new beard. “I grew it because my dog almost ate my mouth and left me a big scar.”
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It later emerges he had startled his Chinese shar pei, Bela, by trying to kiss it, and had to undergo plastic surgery.
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“My daughters tell me I look good with a beard, so I’m keeping it.”
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“Better than Messi: Schweinsteiger completes his masterpiece,” the paper published, adding that it was his “best game of the World Cup”.
~German newspaper -Welt
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Joachim Low has insisted that he will continue to wear his trademark blue sweater throughout the finals, and will not be washing it.
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“The thing with the sweater is that I am not driven by superstition,” he said today. “The other coaching staff said I should be wearing the sweater now because every time I wear it we score four goals.
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“I am not even allowed to wash it now and I think I will wear it again.”
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Dunga and Maradona : “A couple of idiots”…
~Sneijder
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Maradona:
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Later confirms his newfound body confidence by revealing a plan to streak through Buenos Aires if it all goes well in South Africa. “If we win the World Cup, I’ll get naked and run around the Obelisk.”
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Argentina secure a group-topping finish with a 2-0 win over Greece. Diego’s happy, but not with the ball.
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“I would ask all Fifa directors to stop talking about me and to start working on having a proper football. This ball is useless. It’s impossible to control.”
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“I am as sad as anyone, but I want to thank the whole Argentina team. I want these boys to stay strong, to keep showing who they are. I want them to continue debunking the myths that millionaire footballers don’t care.”
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He defended goalless Lionel Messi (“anyone saying he didn’t have a great World Cup is an idiot”) and said he would now talk to his family before deciding whether to carry on.
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“I could walk away tomorrow, but I don’t know. I’m going to be 50 on 30 October, and this is the hardest thing I have had to go through since the day I retired from football.
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It was like a smack in the face from Muhammad Ali.
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I am drained of strength, but will I leave? I really don’t know. We will see what the future holds.”
~Diego Maradona
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“FIFA officiating does not meet North American standard as set in NHL, MLB, NFL.”
“Bush league Refs, with no instant reply.”
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“Players who take dives should be thrown out of entire competition”
~(Many) unknown authors
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“I prefer a calm coach on the bench like Van Marwijk, rather than an idiot like Maradona or Dunga.”
~Wesley Sneijder.
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“I can’t say what my granny said about the referee when he sent me off but they were some harsh words”
~Kaka’s
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“I’m not in favour of technology in football or a chip in the ball. The best thing about football is the controversy. But as for that England goal [against Germany] … even my granny could see that it was in. And she wears super-thick glasses.”
~Luis Fabiano
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“God never sleeps, he knows who deserves success.”
~Cristiano Ronaldo
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“It’s going to take us 25 years to win again if we carry on like this.”
~Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
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“Maradona is a nice guy but he can be a bit pesado [a pain, boring] . And I mean pesado in the nicest possible way.”
~Vicente del Bosque
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“Luis Suarez’s hand was the Hand of God … and the Virgin Mary.”
~Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez
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“What I saw from the English in their 1-1 draw against the United States had very little to do with football. English have gone backwards into the bad old times of kick and rush.”
~Franz Beckenbauer
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“We beat Germany two years ago and they will not be happy to meet us again. But we also have to forget that match. If we finish without the World Cup, it will be as if we have not done anything.”
~David Villa
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IRINA SHARYK
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