If there’s one characteristic all players have it’s precisely that. They all have that gene, that competitiveness, the ability to overcome obstacles, to fight, a willingness to sacrifice. It might look easy to reach the top and stay there, to play for your country and win things, but it isn’t. All players that have achieved [...] Read more »
Pique on Messi: Don’t worry. We can’t catch him.
“We thought he was mute,” said Gerard Piqué, the lanky Barcelona center back who played with Messi in the club’s youth academy. “He was in the dressing room, on the bench, just sitting. He said nothing to us for the first month. We traveled to Switzerland to play a tournament, and he started to talk [...] Read more »
Xavi Quote on Celtic’s Anti-Football Style
People rightly consider that Celtic use an anti-football system, but Chelsea have done the same and they are now champions of Europe. ~ Xavi, 4 November 2012 Celtic pulled out a historic victory of Barcelona, reminding everyone that an organized defense is a good idea. I really like that later in the same interview [...] Read more »
Jose Mourinho on Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
All I know is that talking about who is the best player in the world should be banned because they are both from another planet. Debería estar prohibido elegir quién es el mejor jugador del mundo porque estos dos son de otro planeta. ~ Jose Mourinho, 7 October 2012 After Real Madrid and Barcelona [...] Read more »
Mourinho on El Clasico
Madrid – Barca is a match we love to play. Football lovers all over the world stop when there is a Clasico. ~ Jose Mourinho, 5 October 2012 Interestingly, he is also dropping hints about a return to England in the same interview. Read more »