Rivales
“He is a specialist in failure. I'm not.”
— Sobre Arsène Wenger, 2014
“As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal.”
— Tras un 0-0 ante el Tottenham: nace 'aparcar el autobús', 2004
“This is football from the 19th century.”
— Chelsea, sobre el planteamiento defensivo del West Ham, 2014
“I understand why he is emotional. You would be sad if your team got dominated by opponents who have been built with 10 per cent of your budget.”
— FC Porto, sobre Sir Alex Ferguson tras ganar al Manchester United en la Champions, 2004
“I don't like intellectual prostitution, I like intellectual honesty. … We haven't talked about Milan, who will finish the season with zero titles.”
— Inter, en rueda de prensa tras la polémica por un penalti ante la Roma, 2009
“At almost 70 years of age has won a Super Cup and another small cup. He is too old to change his mentality.”
— Inter, respondiendo al entrenador de la Juventus, Claudio Ranieri, 2008
“As for Lo Monaco, I do not know who he is. With the name Monaco, I have heard of Bayern Monaco (Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk) and the Principality of Monaco. I've never heard of any others.”
— Inter, respondiendo al consejero delegado del Catania, Pietro Lo Monaco, 2008
“If I tell UEFA what I really think and feel, my career would end now. Instead, I will just ask a question to which I hope one day to get a response: Why? Why Ovrebo? Why Busacca? Why De Bleeckere? Why Stark? Why? Because every semi-final the same things happen.”
— Real Madrid, tras perder la ida de la semifinal de la Champions ante el Barcelona, 2011
“I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people.”
— Chelsea, sobre los comentarios de Arsène Wenger acerca del club, 2005
“I've sat in this chair twice before in the Champions League, and I knock Man Utd out at home twice, with Porto - Man Utd out, and with Real Madrid - Man Utd out. So this is nothing new for this football club.”
— Manchester United, tras caer eliminado de la Champions ante el Sevilla en Old Trafford, 2018