🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo faces a quick-fire challenge about his former Real Madrid teammates!
Reporter 🎙️: “One teammate you could never beat in training?”
Messi 🗣️: “Ramos. You could try everything, but he would still find a way to stop you.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best player in training?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Luka Modrić. The things that man could do with a football were unbelievable.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Biggest troublemaker in the dressing room?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. That guy never knew when to be serious. (Laughs)”
Reporter 🎙️: “Most competitive teammate?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Sergio Ramos. He hated losing, even in training.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who spent the most time looking in the mirror?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. (Laughs) I think he loved his hairstyle more than football.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best dancer in the dressing room?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo again. Don’t ask me to compete with him.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Most underrated teammate?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Casemiro. People don’t understand how much work he did for that team.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who had the best sense of humour?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Pepe. You wouldn’t expect it, but he was hilarious.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Most difficult defender to face in training?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Pepe. Sometimes I wondered if he was trying to defend or fight me. (Laughs)”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best passer in the squad?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Toni Kroos. His passing was on another level.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who complained the most?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Sergio Ramos. He always had something to say to the referee.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was always late?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Gareth Bale. (Laughs) Let’s leave that there.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Fastest teammate?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Gareth Bale. When that guy started running, nobody wanted to chase him.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who had the best fashion sense?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Karim Benzema. He always knew how to dress.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was the biggest prankster?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. I’m sure he still has some embarrassing pictures of me.”
Reporter 🎙️: “One teammate you trusted with your life on the pitch?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Pepe. We understood each other without even speaking.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was the most serious during training?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Sergio Ramos. He wanted to win everything.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best footballing intelligence?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Luka Modrić. He sees things before they happen.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was the biggest show-off?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. Definitely Marcelo. (Laughs)”
Reporter 🎙️: “One former teammate you’d love to play alongside again?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Karim Benzema. We had an incredible understanding. He sacrificed so much for the team.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was your closest friend at Real Madrid?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo, Pepe and Sergio Ramos. We shared some incredible moments.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Finally, the greatest teammate you had at Real Madrid?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “That’s difficult. Modrić, Benzema, Ramos, Marcelo, Kroos… I played with an incredible generation. We made history together.”
🚨 Paul Scholes on Elliot Anderson’s controversial red card following his challenge on Lamine Yamal in Spain 3-2 win against England
🗣️ “Honestly, I think the referee got that completely wrong.
This is football, not a ballet competition.
Anderson was competing for the ball. Yes, it was a strong challenge, but we’re talking about a major international game where physicality is part of the sport.
You cannot send a player off every time a challenge looks uncomfortable.
I’ve watched the replay, and I don’t think there was enough there to justify a straight red card.
Yamal is an incredible young talent, but defenders are allowed to challenge him. Just because he’s one of the most exciting players in world football doesn’t mean he’s untouchable.
I think the referee allowed the atmosphere and Yamal’s reaction to influence his decision.
Anderson shouldn’t have been sent off for that.
England were already fighting to protect their lead, and that decision completely changed the game.
For me, it was a very poor refereeing decision.”
🚨 Roy Keane on David Raya and Pedri starting on Spain’s bench:
“Arsenal fans tell me Raya is the best goalkeeper in the world. Barcelona fans tell me Pedri is the best midfielder in the world. Normally, I’d enjoy telling both sets of fans they’re wrong. This time, I haven’t got much of an argument.
Then I watch Spain and they’re both on the bench. I’m a former United player defending Arsenal and Barcelona players. De la Fuente has somehow made this my problem.”
🚨🎙️ Pedri on his heated altercation with Jude Bellingham after England’s 3-2 victory over Spain:
🎙️ Reporter: “There was a heated moment between you and Bellingham after the final whistle. What happened?”
🗣️ Pedri: “After the game, he came up to me and said the midfield debate was settled now. I looked at him like, ‘What do you mean the midfield debate is settled? Just because you won a game?’
“And he replied, ‘Forget about winning a game today. I’ve won the Champions League with Real Madrid.’
“I just looked at him like, what does winning the Champions League have to do with international football?
We’re talking about two completely different things here.
“So I told him, ‘You’re trying to flex a Champions League trophy to a World Cup winner now?
Maybe you should focus on Selling OF with Calvin Klein because we’re discussing football, not fashion.’ (Laughs)
“He didn’t like that one bit. His face changed immediately, but I wasn’t interested in turning it into a bigger argument. I just told him to enjoy his win.
“congratulations to England. They won the game, and they deserve their moment. But winning one international match doesn’t automatically settle every midfield debate.
He can enjoy his victory, and I’ll continue doing my talking on the pitch.”
🚨 Arda Güler on his dressing-room conversation with Kylian Mbappé and Eduardo Camavinga after Turkey’s 2-1 defeat to France:
🎙️ Interviewer: “Arda, that picture of you with Kylian Mbappé and Eduardo Camavinga in the dressing room has gone viral. You had just lost 2-1 to France, but all three of you looked incredibly happy together. What was happening?
Arda Güler: “Honestly, it was one of those moments that reminds you football is bigger than winning and losing. I was disappointed because I really wanted to win that game for Turkey. We fought hard, we had our moments, and losing 2-1 was difficult to accept.
“But when I got back into the dressing room, Kylian came over, put his arm around me and started talking to me. He said, ‘Arda, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. I know how much you love your country, and I know how much you want to make people proud. But listen to me, you’re still young. You have so much ahead of you. Never allow one defeat to make you forget how special you are.’
“Then he started laughing and said, ‘You know something? When you get the ball, even I have to pay attention. You’re dangerous, brother!’
“That meant a lot because Kylian is someone I watch, someone I train with and someone I respect enormously. To hear those words from him after playing against him was special.”
Interviewer: “And what about Camavinga? He also seemed to be enjoying the moment.
Arda Güler: “Cama is Cama! He never misses an opportunity to make everybody laugh. He came over and said, ‘Brother, why did you have to make our night so difficult? We’re supposed to be friends! You were playing like you wanted to destroy us!’
“I told him, ‘What did you expect? I’m playing for Turkey. Did you want me to give you the ball?’
“Everybody started laughing. Then he said, ‘Okay, okay, next time we play, remember we’re on the same team at Madrid!’
“But behind all the jokes, he was genuinely supportive. He told me to keep believing in myself and not allow the pressure surrounding my name to affect my happiness. He said people sometimes forget that young players need time to grow, make mistakes and learn.
“That’s something I appreciated. People see the footballer on the pitch, but sometimes they forget there’s a young person behind the shirt who also feels disappointment.”
Interviewer: “You’re clearly very close to both of them at Real Madrid. Did they speak about Turkey’s performance and your future?
Arda Güler: “Yes. Kylian actually told me something I won’t forget. He said, ‘You don’t have to save every game, Arda. You’re a footballer, not a magician. Let the team help you. When you have good players around you who understand your game, you become even more dangerous.’
“And honestly, he’s right.
“I love representing Turkey. I love hearing our supporters sing, I love seeing the excitement when I touch the ball, and I know people expect me to create something special. But I cannot do everything alone. One player cannot carry an entire country.
“We have talented players, we have young players with enormous potential, and I believe this generation can achieve something beautiful. But it will take time. We need to understand each other better, become stronger collectively and learn how to compete against teams like France.
“I don’t want Turkey to be a team that people only fear when Arda Güler is having a good night. I want opponents to look at our entire team and know they’re in for a difficult evening.”
Interviewer: “Does playing alongside Mbappé and Camavinga at Real Madrid help you develop that mentality?
Arda Güler: “Absolutely. Every training session is an education. Kylian has an incredible mentality. He wants to win everything, even small training games. Cama brings energy, happiness and intensity. When you spend every day around players like that, you learn”
🚨 Marc Cucurella on what went wrong for Spain against England:
🗣️ “Honestly, I think one of the biggest mistakes was leaving Pedri on the bench. We knew England had a strong midfield, and we needed someone who could control the tempo, keep possession and dictate how we played.
With Pedri on the pitch from the beginning, I don’t think England would have found it so easy to get through our midfield. We struggled to control the game, and they took advantage of that.
The moment Pedri came on, everything changed. You could immediately see the difference. We started keeping the ball better, creating more opportunities and playing with more confidence.
For me, Pedri is one of those players who makes everyone around him better. He knows when to slow the game down, when to speed things up and how to find spaces that other players don’t even see.
I respect the coach’s decisions, but honestly, I believe Pedri should have started such an important game. We cannot afford to leave a player like him on the bench in a match of this magnitude.”
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo faces a quick-fire challenge about his former Real Madrid teammates!
Reporter 🎙️: “One teammate you could never beat in training?”
Messi 🗣️: “Ramos. You could try everything, but he would still find a way to stop you.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best player in training?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Luka Modrić. The things that man could do with a football were unbelievable.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Biggest troublemaker in the dressing room?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. That guy never knew when to be serious. (Laughs)”
Reporter 🎙️: “Most competitive teammate?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Sergio Ramos. He hated losing, even in training.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who spent the most time looking in the mirror?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. (Laughs) I think he loved his hairstyle more than football.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best dancer in the dressing room?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo again. Don’t ask me to compete with him.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Most underrated teammate?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Casemiro. People don’t understand how much work he did for that team.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who had the best sense of humour?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Pepe. You wouldn’t expect it, but he was hilarious.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Most difficult defender to face in training?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Pepe. Sometimes I wondered if he was trying to defend or fight me. (Laughs)”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best passer in the squad?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Toni Kroos. His passing was on another level.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who complained the most?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Sergio Ramos. He always had something to say to the referee.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was always late?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Gareth Bale. (Laughs) Let’s leave that there.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Fastest teammate?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Gareth Bale. When that guy started running, nobody wanted to chase him.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who had the best fashion sense?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Karim Benzema. He always knew how to dress.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was the biggest prankster?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. I’m sure he still has some embarrassing pictures of me.”
Reporter 🎙️: “One teammate you trusted with your life on the pitch?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Pepe. We understood each other without even speaking.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was the most serious during training?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Sergio Ramos. He wanted to win everything.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Best footballing intelligence?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Luka Modrić. He sees things before they happen.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was the biggest show-off?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo. Definitely Marcelo. (Laughs)”
Reporter 🎙️: “One former teammate you’d love to play alongside again?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Karim Benzema. We had an incredible understanding. He sacrificed so much for the team.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Who was your closest friend at Real Madrid?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “Marcelo, Pepe and Sergio Ramos. We shared some incredible moments.”
Reporter 🎙️: “Finally, the greatest teammate you had at Real Madrid?”
Ronaldo 🗣️: “That’s difficult. Modrić, Benzema, Ramos, Marcelo, Kroos… I played with an incredible generation. We made history together.”
🚨 Marc Cucurella on what went wrong for Spain against England:
🗣️ “Honestly, I think one of the biggest mistakes was leaving Pedri on the bench. We knew England had a strong midfield, and we needed someone who could control the tempo, keep possession and dictate how we played.
With Pedri on the pitch from the beginning, I don’t think England would have found it so easy to get through our midfield. We struggled to control the game, and they took advantage of that.
The moment Pedri came on, everything changed. You could immediately see the difference. We started keeping the ball better, creating more opportunities and playing with more confidence.
For me, Pedri is one of those players who makes everyone around him better. He knows when to slow the game down, when to speed things up and how to find spaces that other players don’t even see.
I respect the coach’s decisions, but honestly, I believe Pedri should have started such an important game. We cannot afford to leave a player like him on the bench in a match of this magnitude.”
🚨 Marc Cucurella on what went wrong for Spain against England:
🗣️ “Honestly, I think one of the biggest mistakes was leaving Pedri on the bench. We knew England had a strong midfield, and we needed someone who could control the tempo, keep possession and dictate how we played.
With Pedri on the pitch from the beginning, I don’t think England would have found it so easy to get through our midfield. We struggled to control the game, and they took advantage of that.
The moment Pedri came on, everything changed. You could immediately see the difference. We started keeping the ball better, creating more opportunities and playing with more confidence.
For me, Pedri is one of those players who makes everyone around him better. He knows when to slow the game down, when to speed things up and how to find spaces that other players don’t even see.
I respect the coach’s decisions, but honestly, I believe Pedri should have started such an important game. We cannot afford to leave a player like him on the bench in a match of this magnitude.”
🚨🎥 Ref-cam transcript from Spain vs England reportedly captures a heated confrontation between Pau Cubarsí and the referee following Harry Kane’s penalty!
• Referee: Cubarsí, calm down. The decision has been made. Get back into position.
🗣️ Cubarsí: How can you give them a penalty and ignore what happened to Cucurella just before the goal? Are you watching the same game?
🗣️ Referee: I saw the incident. There was no reason to change my decision.
🗣️ Cubarsí: No reason? He stamped on Cucurella! If that happens at the other end, would you still say the same thing?
🗣️ Referee: Watch your language. I’m the one making the decisions here.
🗣️ Cubarsí: And that’s exactly the problem! We’re asking for fairness, not favours. You cannot punish one team for every little contact and then ignore something like that when it happens to us.
🗣️ Referee: The penalty was given based on what I saw. You need to respect that.
🗣️ Cubarsí: Respect goes both ways! We work just as hard as they do. Why should we accept decisions that aren’t being judged consistently?
• Referee: That’s enough, Cubarsí. Walk away before you get yourself booked.
🗣️ Cubarsí: Book me if you want. But at least explain why Cucurella’s incident wasn’t worth a second look while theirs immediately became a penalty.
🗣️ Referee: I’ve explained my decision. Get back to the game.
🗣️ Cubarsí (walking away): You don’t have to favour Spain. Just stop making us feel like we have to fight for every decision!
🚨Thomas Tuchel on England’s controversial 3-2 victory over Spain:
🎙️Reporter: Thomas, congratulations on the victory, but there has been considerable controversy surrounding the penalty decision. What is your honest assessment?
🗣️Thomas Tuchel:
“I can’t lie. Spain deserved to win this match. The officiating from Clément Turpin was horrendous tonight.
That foul on Cucurella should have been called before the incident involving Cubarsí and Harry Kane. If the referee had awarded the first foul, we probably wouldn’t even be discussing our penalty.
You cannot overlook one incident and then focus entirely on another. That’s where the controversy comes from.
🎙️Reporter: Do you feel England benefited from the referee’s decisions?
🗣️Thomas Tuchel:
“Of course, I’m happy we won, but I’m not going to sit here and pretend everything was perfect simply because we got the three points.
Spain played excellent football. They created chances, caused us serious problems and, for long periods, looked like the better team.
I have to give them credit. They deserved a better outcome tonight.
I’m proud of my players, but sometimes you have to separate the result from the performance. We won 3-2, but that doesn’t mean every decision was correct.
I would rather be honest about what happened than celebrate a victory and pretend there is nothing to discuss.”
🚨🎙️Lamine Yamal on the poor officiating(Turpin) in the Spain and England game:
• Interviewer: Lamine, Spain have just lost to England, but there is enormous controversy surrounding Clément Turpin's officiating. Do you genuinely believe Spain were robbed tonight?
🗣️Yamal: “I don't want to sound like someone who cannot accept defeat. England played their game, congratulations to them. But let's not pretend we didn't see what happened tonight.
“Honestly, I’m struggling to understand some of the decisions tonight. I can accept losing a football match, but I cannot accept pretending that everything that happened on that pitch was normal.
“Let’s talk about the penalty. Everyone wants to blame Pau Cubarsí, but why is nobody talking about what Elliot Anderson did to Cucurella earlier in that same move? There was clear contact on his ankle, yet somehow that part of the incident became irrelevant. VAR watched it and still decided there was nothing to correct. What exactly are they watching in that room?
“Pau is my teammate, my brother. Yes, he made a challenge, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore everything that happened before it. You cannot scrutinise every little mistake from our defenders while pretending the opposition did nothing wrong.
“And then there’s England’s third goal. I was fouled during the attacking move, the referee allowed play to continue, and moments later England scored. How does that happen? If a foul occurs in the build-up to a goal, surely it deserves attention. But tonight, apparently, the rules only matter when it’s convenient.
“Then we get to the final minute. Pedro Porro delivers a cross, the ball appears to strike Dan Burn’s hand inside the penalty area, and nothing happens. Not even the decision we were expecting from VAR. At that point, honestly, I didn’t know whether to laugh or get angry. Are defenders allowed to use their hands inside the box now? Because somebody needs to explain these rules to us.
“What frustrates me most is the inconsistency. VAR is supposed to help football, but tonight it only gave us more questions. We have all these cameras, all this technology, and somehow the most important incidents go without the intervention we expected.
“Do I think Clément Turpin had an agenda against Spain? I cannot read his mind, but I can judge his decisions. And tonight, those decisions were extremely difficult to understand. If he wasn’t biased, then he certainly had a terrible night.
“People will say we’re complaining because we lost. That’s easy to say when the decisions aren’t going against your country. But imagine those same incidents happening in England’s penalty area. Would everyone be this quiet? Would we still be told to accept it and move on?
“We deserved the same standard of officiating as England. My teammates gave everything, and I’m not going to stand here while Pau, Cucurella and the rest of the team take all the criticism for decisions that were completely outside our control.
“England can celebrate their victory. Congratulations to them. But nobody should expect us to pretend we weren’t disadvantaged tonight.
“And I’ll say this without fear: England didn’t just beat Spain tonight. We had to play against another opponent wearing a referee’s shirt.
“If this is what VAR and modern officiating have become, then football has a serious problem.”
🚨 Iker Casillas on Dan Burn’s handball incident:
🗣️“Honestly, can someone explain that decision to me? Because I don’t understand how that wasn’t given as a penalty.
From where we were sitting in the stands, it looked like a clear handball. He moved his arm towards the ball, and it was there for everyone to see. I don’t know what else the referee needed to see.
It’s frustrating because you start to wonder whether Spain’s unbeaten run is something they don’t want to see continue. I don’t like questioning referees, but I really don’t understand how you look at that incident and decide it’s not a penalty.”
🚨🎙️ Thomas Tuchel on Pedri’s performance in England’s 3-2 victory over Spain:
🎙️ Reporter: “You were winning 3-0 comfortably, but Spain almost completed a comeback. What went wrong?”
🗣️ Thomas Tuchel: “At first, everything was going smoothly because we had studied Spain very carefully.
The moment I saw there was no Pedri or Rodri in their starting lineup, I knew we had to press them high. We understood that without those two players, Spain would struggle to control the midfield and play through our pressure.
“And that’s exactly what happened. They couldn’t handle our pressing.
Nobody was taking control,
Nobody was calming things down,
and we kept winning the ball back.
We scored three goals, and everything was going according to plan.
“But suddenly, everything started changing.
People will probably look at this game and say Anderson’s red card was the reason things became difficult for us. But I’ll tell you something: the real problem started the moment Pedri stepped onto that pitch.
“I remember looking at my assistant and saying, ‘I think De La Fuente has finally realised where he got it wrong.’ (Laughs)
“Pedri came on and started controlling everything. Every time we tried to press him, he found a way out. He was receiving the ball, turning away from pressure and making the right decisions. Suddenly, the same pressing that had worked so well for us was becoming useless.
🎙️ Reporter: “Do you think Spain made a mistake by not starting Pedri?”
🗣️ Tuchel: “Absolutely. His absence was the weak point we worked on before this game. He literally changed the match as soon as he stepped onto the pitch.
“He might not have scored or provided an assist, but as a manager who understands football, I can tell you he was the main difference. He gave Spain control and completely changed the rhythm of the game.
“I’m happy he didn’t start, because facing that version of Pedri for 90 minutes would have been a completely different challenge.”