Franz Beckenbauer Quotes
Real Madrid is a legendary team that stands above all others and is the target of all players.
As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.
Penalty shooting is always an uncertain affair because there is a lot of luck involved.
Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very skilful, very clever and his left foot is like Diego Maradona's.
George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.
He has been named as the heir apparent of the great Argentine hero, Diego Maradona, by journalists, players, and Maradona himself, alike. I'd personally put him in a drawer of my bedside table.
No one wanted to fall back behind so both teams wated for a mistake from the other.
You have to sometimes shoot from the second row, that's all football. So you have to be a bit more flexible.
The Netherlands have great strikers... but they are only playing one. They are depriving themselves of their best qualities and shooting themselves in the foot.
The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn't afford anything better?
He shouldn't have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for England. I would not have resigned under those circumstances.
If someone has the chance to be top scorer and you want to encourage him, then you give him the chance to be top scorer but it never happened. That's why I believe something is going on there.
The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today's fans.
For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
Germany needs to have a handicap, like in golf. They ought to start each match with two goals in advance to their opposition.
