Showing posts with label Football quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Football quotes. Show all posts

Friday, 16 November 2012

0 Goal of the year: Zlatan Ibrahimovic bicycle kick goal in sweden 4-2 victory against England

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored first his first goal against England and went on to score first hat-trick against England national team since Marco van Basten in 1988 and became the first to score 4 goals against England national team.  What a record for the top striker who claimed low recognition in England soil.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic fantastic goal against England: Source dailymail.co.uk
Candidacy for goal of the year award or may be goal of the decade 
It was a very special way to open a new national stadium, Friends Arena in style. Ibrahimovic's fourth goal was breath taking and mark the beauty of soccer game even to opponents players and supporters. This goal has already been compared with other superb goals world wide.
  • He was score with overhead kick 
  • 30 yards away from the goal
  • Hit the ball above Joe Hart, Cahill and Showcross 25ft high
  • Hit the when ball was 8ft high, while he is 6.5ft
  • He was on the right side of the pitch. 
Too bad the goal was scored after FIFA have released contenders for best goal of the year but will be considered for next year. Any player planning beat this goal should think twice.

Football quotes from famous footballer and fans regarding Ibrahimovic performance and 4th goal

  • Ronaldo De Lima tweeted "What a fantastic goal ...!!!" 
  • England news paper, The Daily Mail "Outrageous, acrobatic and touched with genius ....the greatest ever"
  • England newspaper, Daily Telegraph "Goal of the Century"
  • Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter "DID YOU SEE THAT?"
  • The Spanish Daily "Super Ibra, Superlative, unique, spectacular,"
  • Yahoo Sport "Ibrahimovic completed one of the remaining games for the legend."
  •  Graham Taylor , former England Manager "an absolute first class goal and it certainly ranks as one of the best goals I have seen in professional football." 
Ibrahimovic, PSG leading top scorer's goal overshadows
  • His goal his goal 2004 in Ajax vs NAC Breda  Dutch league has been cited at his best. 
  • Steven Gerald 100th cap
  • Six debutants for England national team
  • His second and third goal which were also marvelous























Sunday, 24 July 2011

1 Funniest Soccer Quotes from famous players and managers

Here are some funny soccer (football) quotes from famous players and managers. Surely they were quotes of the day those times
Barry Venison
“I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock”

Brian Moore
"Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins."

Dave Bassett
"An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal."

Garry Lineker
“There’s no in-between – you’re either good or bad. We were in-between”

Gary Lyon
"And Farmer has now scored 19 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season"

George Best
“I spent 90 percent of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted!”

Ian McNail
“We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized”

Ian Rush
“I couldn’t settle in Italy- it was like living in a foreign country”

Jimmy Hill
"If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal."

Johan Cryuff
"Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians."

Kevin Keegan
“The ref was vertically 15 yards away”
"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."
"The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23!”

Lawrie McMenemy
"When you are 4-0 up you should never lose 7-1"

Lee Hendrie
“I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right”

Les Ferdinand
“I was surprised but I always say nothing surprises me in football (soccer)”

Mark Draper
“I’d like to play for an Italian club like Barcelona” ofinal whistle blows and we’re knocked out”

Phil Woosnam
“The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does”.

Robbie Earl
“If you’re 0-0 down, there’s no one better to get you back on terms than Ian Wright”

Ron Atkinson
“I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat”
"On another night, they'd have won 2-2."
"Zero-zero is a big score."
"Well, Clive, it's all about the two M's - movement and positioning”
"I would not say he is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.”

Ron Greenwood
"Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales."

Ronaldo De Lima
“We lost because we didn’t win”
“I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.”

Ruud Gullit
“We must have had 99 percent of the game. It was the other three percent that cost us the match”
"To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch"

Steve Lomas
“Germany are a very difficult team to play…they had 11 internationals out there today”

Stuart Pearce
“I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel”

Terry Butcher
“The beauty of Cup football is that Jack always has a chance of beating Goliath”

Thierry Henry
“Sometimes in football (soccer) you have to score goals”

Ugo Ehiogu
“I’m as happy as I can be- but I have been happier”

Vinnie Jones
“Winning doesn’t really matter as long as you win”

Do you know any other funny soccer quotes, add new quotes in comment and they will be added to the list

Credit to funny quotes hub page and funny quotes from soccer geek

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