🚨 Leo Messi: “This is my sixth World Cup, and I still feel like I'm in good shape”.
“Fortunately, I'm doing well, we managed to win a tough match. It's important to start the tournament with a victory in the first game, as that's never easy in a World Cup”.
🚨🚨| Thomas Tuchel with a Dig to FIFA regarding the national anthem:
“I’m begging FIFA to change the position of the photographers in the national anthem… I could not see my team.”
“I was waiting for this moment, it was very special, and I was standing in front of a wall of 50 photographers… I could not see one single player and it ruined my experience a little bit.” 🇬🇧⚽
A dinner at Versailles just became the setting for a major diplomatic breakthrough.
President Trump personally signed the Iran memorandum of understanding Wednesday while meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, a White House official confirmed.
The agreement, which Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also signed, is now in effect to end the war and cancels the formal signing ceremony that had been scheduled in Geneva.
🚨 Roberto Martínez when asked about not subbing off Cristiano.
“It made no sense at all to take off Cristiano Ronaldo who is the best goalscorer in history off the field when we were looking for goals”.
🚨🎙️ Lisandro Martínez on what Lionel Messi told him after Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria:
🗣️ Lisandro Martínez: “Lionel Messi came to me and said, ‘Hey Lisandro, I can’t ask for anything more. God has given me so much, and I’m grateful.’” 🥹
“I looked at him, smiled, and said, ‘You worked hard for it, and you deserve it. You are special, Leo.’” ❤️🇦🇷
🚨🗣️ Nico Paz:
“Messi was playing at the 2006 World Cup when I was just one year old. Twenty years later, I came on as his substitute. It’s a dream come true.” 🇦🇷🐐
🚨🗣️ Zlatan Ibrahimović on the Messi vs Ronaldo GOAT debate:
“Every week, every month, every year, somebody asks me the same question.”
🗣️ “‘Zlatan, who is the GOAT? Messi or Ronaldo?’”
🗣️ “Honestly? I get tired of hearing it.”
🗣️ “Not because they aren't great players. They are.”
🗣️ “But because people talk about football as if it is a video game.”
🗣️ “One player scores a goal and suddenly he's the GOAT.”
🗣️ “The other wins a trophy and suddenly the debate is over.”
🗣️ “Football is bigger than that.”
🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest athletes football has ever seen.”
🗣️ “The goals. The mentality. The discipline. The longevity.”
🗣️ “Nobody can take that away from him.”
🗣️ “Over 900 career goals.”
🗣️ “League titles in different countries.”
🗣️ “Champions Leagues.”
🗣️ “Records everywhere.”
🗣️ “Cristiano created a legacy that may never be repeated.”
🗣️ “But then there is Lionel Messi.”
🗣️ “And this is where people get angry with me.”
🗣️ “Because for me, Messi is not normal.”
🗣️ “Cristiano mastered football.”
🗣️ “Messi became football.”
🗣️ “When I watch Messi, I don't see a player following the game.”
🗣️ “I see a player creating the game.”
🗣️ “The goals.”
🗣️ “The assists.”
🗣️ “The dribbling.”
🗣️ “The vision.”
🗣️ “The intelligence.”
🗣️ “The World Cup.”
🗣️ “Everything.”
🗣️ “People ask me how I compare them.”
🗣️ “Sometimes I don't understand the comparison.”
🗣️ “It's like comparing a lion to a shark.”
🗣️ “Both are killers.”
🗣️ “But they hunt differently.”
🗣️ “Cristiano is the greatest goalscorer I have ever seen.”
🗣️ “Messi is the greatest footballer I have ever seen.”
🗣️ “There is a difference.”
🗣️ “And before Ronaldo fans get angry, listen carefully.”
🗣️ “Being second to Messi is not an insult.”
🗣️ “Most players would dream of being second.”
🗣️ “Cristiano is a legend.”
🗣️ “A football icon.”
🗣️ “A player who changed history.”
🗣️ “But if you lock me in a room and force me to choose one player...”
🗣️ “One player for one match.”
🗣️ “One player for my life.”
🗣️ “One player to represent football itself.”
🗣️ “I choose Messi.”
🗣️ “Every time.”
🗣️ “Because goals can be broken.”
🗣️ “Records can be broken.”
🗣️ “Trophies can be matched.”
🗣️ “But what Messi does with a football?”
🗣️ “That cannot be taught.”
🗣️ “That cannot be trained.”
🗣️ “That is a gift from God.”
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🗣️ “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in history.”
🗣️ “Lionel Messi is history.”
🚨 Leo Messi: “It is a great honor to be able to compete with all these greats, including Ronaldo Nazario, among the players I have watched”.
“He was one of the greatest players of all time”.
🚨 It is absolutely NOT TRUE that Alonso wasn’t aware that Chelsea sold Cucurella. Alonso is informed on EVERYTHING - signings, sales, contract situations. (@FabrizioRomano)