Gerrard Pique🗣️" I played a lot of games in my career, but one game will always be my nightmare, going to Anfield with a 3 goals lead and then getting knocked out was unbelievable!
I remember that night very well, Liverpool came for war, from the first minute, they pressed like monsters, we made a mistake of allowing the crowd to get into our heads!
In blink of an eye, we were 3-0 down, the game was out of our control, the crowd was getting louder as minutes passed, we got confused and at the end lost.
That moment at Anfield away dressing room after the game was like a funeral nobody wanted to talk, it took me weeks to move on from that defeat, I will never forget that day, Anfield was like Hell to us!"
One of the greatest defenders of all time.
Here's Franco Baresi in the 1994 World Cup final at 34-years-old, putting in an incredible performance 24 days after suffering a severe meniscus tear that required surgery.
RIP
La prestazione difensiva di Franco Baresi contro il Brasile nella finale dei Mondiali 1994 rimane l’ineguagliata partita “più perfetta” mai giocata da un difensore nella storia del calcio.
E lo sarebbe stata comunque.
Il ‘contorno’ del suo recupero dopo 22 giorni dall’operazione al menisco a 34 anni, debuttando in quelle condizioni a 40 gradi, il suo rigore sbagliato e le lacrime che sciolgono il Capitano imperturbabile, contribuiscono a disegnare il ritratto del Piscinin che si avvicinò al sole.
5 anni fa la Fifa mi chiese di intervistarlo per un documentario sui rigori ai Mondiali, e lui gentilmente declinò.
Chissà quanto lo addolorava ancora, chissà se glielo abbiamo detto abbastanza che quando pensiamo a quella finale quello che ci rimane di lui è una partita di commovente eccellenza
Baggio on Maradona 🇦🇷👑🇮🇹
• Football was war; defenders could destroy you
• No VAR, no ref protection, no smooth pitches, no modern science
• Maradona ruled that hell
• Today? Soft grass, strict rules, VAR
• He'd score 5 a game
Liverpool 4:4 against Norwich. 3 mins played into the 5 added minutes, Klopp losing his head in the touchline on Liverpool inability to kill the game. A shot rebound and there goes Lallana iconic hit. Klopp goes wild 🤯
The player who booted the ball up the pitch? Lionel Scaloni.
Scaloni: "In the FA Cup final I made a mistake. It led to Gerrard’s equaliser, and that meant I didn’t stay at West Ham”
Liverpool legend.
🚨🇩🇪 BREAKING: Jürgen Klopp as new Germany head coach, here we go! 💥
Klopp has accepted to take over; long term contract details, project and RB Group exit still under discussion, but he will be the new head coach.
RB considered Glasner as replacement but he signs at #NFFC.
Klopp is back.