From fake presidents to simliar haircuts, it’s been another week of memorable comments from around Europe
With Euro 2016 ongoing, it’s only natural that some of the strangest and funniest quotes of the week have emanated from France over the past seven days.
There was also the anniversary of the infamous Hand of God controversy, with Diego Maradona never shy of sharing a few words on the incident.
While that was entertaining in itself, there was also Daniele De Rossi and Mario Gotze who for some reason discussed coconuts and trees respectively.
Diego Maradona“I jumped like a frog and it was something that [Peter] Shilton didn’t expect. I rose higher than Shilton because physically I was strong like a beast, I don’t regret scoring that goal with the hand at all. I grew up with this kind of stuff, in Villa Fiorito I constantly scored goals with the hand.
“And I did the same thing in front of thousands of people who didn’t notice anything, because they all celebrated the goal.”
Nwankwo Kanu
“I’ll never forget those years at Ajax because everyone was talking about us, we were the team full of very strong young players. There was me, [Edgar] Davids, [Patrick] Kluivert, [Jari] Litmanen, [Marc] Overmars, [Clarence] Seedorf, [Edwin] Van Der Sar, the De Boer twins, and we were all in our twenties.
“We won the European Cup against AC Milan and we would have won a second if we hadn’t come up against such a strong Juventus.
I don’t want to make accusations nor hint at something but we were
young, they were old, yet it seemed the opposite in terms of how they
ran. Older players never run twice as much as young players and this was
one thing that struck me.”
Daniele De Rossi
“There are a lot of people who talk about football and give an opinion without being able to tell the difference between a football and a coconut.”
Mino Raiola
“There is nothing in [Mario] Balotelli to Besiktas, I spoke with a Turkish journalist, who pretended to be the club’s president.”
Simone Zaza
“I speak to [Alvaro] Morata every day, I sent him a message after the two goals he scored. I told him that he scored because he has copied my hairstyle.”
Paul Pogba
“I don’t have to answer to anyone. I play to win, but I know what will be said of me, whether it’s good or bad.”
Andrea Bertolacci
“The only thing missing is the Avengers [in the half of the Euro 2016 draw which includes France, Germany, Italy, England and Spain].”
Oliver Bierhoff
“Trends are always followed. After the success of Guardiola, doing things the difficult way is lauded and it seems we all have to follow suit. It wouldn’t be bad to get back to the simple ways.”
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