There’s a tonga saying I learnt when I lived in Mazabuka. Sokwe kamuleya katabi.
No matter how clever you think you are, one day, you’ll slip up and your crooked ways will get known.
Bernardo Silva on the toughest moments of his career: “Champions League final against Chelsea was a tough one, when we lost 1-0.
Even more than the Champions League final, the one against Real Madrid in the semi-final, when they scored two goals in the last 2-3 minutes. That one was tough to take because we were much better than them in both games, and for five minutes you throw everything away. It was a very frustrating experience.
At the end we got it [Champions League]. The Champions League was a tough journey for us.”
Di María: "The only way to beat Barça in that era was by kicking them, being aggressive, and running more than they did, and that naturally led to trading knocks all over the pitch."
"At times I was scared Messi would get injured."
"I remember at Mestalla I kicked him during a counterattack to stop him, then I apologized, saying, 'Sorry, if I didn’t bring you down you were going to score.'"
"I had no other choice, we had to play that way because stopping Barça was impossible."