🚨 Dani Alves on facing Cristiano Ronaldo in Madrid:
🗣️ “No one in Barcelona ever liked him, both the club, players management. It wasn’t because of Messi or the rivalry, it was because of the damage he could do in just one moment.”
🗣️ “The worst feeling back then was losing the ball and seeing Real Madrid break with Cristiano involved. Once he had space, you knew you were in trouble. He was too direct, too powerful and too ruthless. You could defend perfectly for eighty minutes and he’d still find a way to punish you.”
🗣️ “It’s difficult to admit but there were moments when you looked at him and thought, ‘Imagine having that kind of beast on your side.’ Every team wants a striker with that mentality, that aggression and that hunger to decide games.”
🗣️ “Rivalries make you dislike players, but they also make you respect them. Cristiano was one of those players you hated facing, because you knew one mistake was enough for him to change the entire game.”
I don’t like talking about state secrets. History has a habit of repeating itself when societies choose comfort over curiosity. That is why the announcement of a fresh inquiry into the plane crash that killed Malawi’s Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima and
🚨🚨🎙️| Bruno Fernandes: "The main thing I want.. and I was even joking with Josh [Zirkzee] the other day, we were talking about the awards and they were saying like, 'oh, who's gonna win the award of Player of the Season?', they were kind of putting a joke.
"And I said that I hope next year I am not even involved in the name – and do the same season as I did this year, and not be involved in the name of winning that trophy.
"Because that will mean you step up, Amad will step up, Garnacho will step up, Rasmus will step up... if they start scoring goals, start doing assists, start running backwards and tackling, they will be the ones having attention and not me, and I will be the most happy person in the world.
"I'm there to help my teammates get the best out of them and that's all I want to do because I know as soon as I can get the best out of them, my team will be much better." [@CBSSportsGolazo]
Wherever Amrabat ends up, I sincerely wish him all the best in his career.
We didn’t get to see him as much as we would have liked, but when we did, he gave us everything he possibly had. 💪
And I’ll always have time for anyone who does that. Cheers for the FA Cup, Sofyan ❤️