The Week in Quotes - WORLD FOOTBALL
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“If I was two-and-a-half metres tall and didn’t know how to control a ball then I may have gone to England, but here the football’s more technical. It’s the best.”
Yehven Konoplyanka on rejecting Premier League offers to join Sevilla
“When you’re a young guy at the club, from the city, who’s never behaved badly towards anyone, to be treated like that… yes, it’s hurtful. I’d just had my best season.
Alexandre Lacazette on Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas
“It's not Leo Messi. It's Hatem Ben Arfa. It's me. I have qualities – my own. Let’s not not compare. He plays for FC Barcelona and has the Ballon d’Or. I have nothing at all.”
Hatem Ben Arfa
"I'd give an arm to go back 30 years and play with Tevez. I love him and thank him for coming back to Boca. I love Tevez. He’s just a guy who needs to be understood.”
Diego Maradona
“There is too much difference between the two teams. Diarra and Lucas Silva could be a tactical battle, but De Ceglie against Di Maria… that will be a massacre.”
Habib Beye, the former Marseille defender, on their forthcoming clash with Paris Saint-Germain
"In the first half it was very bad. On a scale of 1 to 10, it was –1. There were too many poor individual performances. At the break I told them I had no time to ask them why they were so bad. I'm not a magician. I do my best, but I wanted to replace at least six players in the second half.”
Jose Mourinho on his Chelsea side’s performance against Newcastle
"I agree that heading is not my forte, but I should have been given a better grade in defending.”
Xherdan Shaqiri on his FIFA 15 ratings
"Birthdays, Christmas, Mother's Day, all these days, we spent on the ground, doing strenuous physical exercises. Our coach Jesus Ramirez, was like a father figure. Since our parents were not there, it is to him that we would talk about our problems. We could confide in him.”
Efrain Juarez on Mexico’s FIFA U-17 World Cup 2005 conquest