Rivais
“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.”
— Depois de um 0-0 com o Tottenham: nasce 'estacionar o autocarro', 2004
“This is football from the 19th century.”
— Chelsea, sobre a abordagem defensiva do 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 depois de vencer o Manchester United na Liga dos Campeões, 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, em conferência de imprensa após a polémica de um penálti contra a 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, a responder ao treinador da 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, a responder ao administrador do 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, depois de perder a primeira mão da meia-final da Liga dos Campeões com o Barcelona, 2011
“I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people.”
— Chelsea, sobre os comentários de Arsène Wenger acerca do clube, 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, depois da eliminação da Liga dos Campeões frente ao Sevilha em Old Trafford, 2018