“Sven-Göran Eriksson, confronted with arguably Europe's weakest qualifying group, has a problem; it is the same one that afflicted Jacques Santini, the France coach at the time, before Euro 2004. Not that there are no easy matches at international level; rather, there are no hard ones. In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship finals, France faced a group not of death, but of sun-block, comprising Slovenia, Israel, Cyprus and Malta, which they duly won by ten points, averaging 3.6 goals per game. We all know what happened next.” KnowsHardProblemNextGamesEasyGoalLevelsSunHappenedGroupsFootballTenEuropeFinalsInternationalIsraelCoachesBlockFranceSoccerRanAnalysisChampionshipEuroQualifyingCyprusMalta Author:Martin Samuel
“If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.” IfsKidsPlayerFootballReadyFinalsManagersSoccerChairmanAshley Author:Jose Mourinho
“What did you say to Souness after the end of the final whistle?” EndsFootballFinalsCommentators Author:Tony Gubba
“This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.” WorldFirstsMomentsFootballFirst TimeFinalsSignificantCupsCommentatorsWorld CupDenmarkDanishCup FinalsSignificant Moments Author:John Helm
“They (Bayern Munich) lost in the semi-finals of the Champions League to Real Madrid last year, and the year before that were beaten in the final by Manchester United, so their European pedigree is second to none.” YearsRealLastsLostUnitedFootballFinalsLeagueChampionLast YearBeatenCommentatorsManchesterManchester UnitedMadridMunichPedigreeChampions LeagueReal MadridBayern Munich Author:Simon Brotherton
“I get asked about the best games I've called, and as far as college football goes, the Florida-LSU environment was as good as I've ever been around. I had always heard about night games at Tiger Stadium and had never gotten the chance to call one. It was really special to be a part of that and then the game, my gosh, how can anybody ever forget that. The fourth quarter and LSU's final drive, that's something I'll always remember.” RememberNightGamesChanceForgetEnvironmentHeardSpecialFootballCollegeFinalsQuartersFourthFloridaTigersStadiumsCollege FootballLsuFourth QuarterTiger Stadium Author:Verne Lundquist
“I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.” LastsHoursDyingTelevisionFootballConversationFinalsHospitalsDrowningDublinFootball Match Author:Gabriel Byrne
“Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goalo.” LooksFunnyWinningResultsFootballFinalsFantastic Author:David Coleman
“Looking back I find it hard to believe that I could forge a career in anything other than football but I didn't do too badly in my final exams and there were a few business-related courses that interested me.” BelieveHardCoursesCareersFootballFinalsRelatedLooking BackExamHard To BelieveFinal ExamsBusiness Related Author:Kenny Cunningham
“When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream.” PeopleChildrenStillsPlayDreamYoungGamesPlayerWonderfulTeamFrontsFootballBecomingPaidFinalsCupsBest PlayersFootball PlayerI Had A DreamBest TeamCup Finals Author:Eric Cantona
“What has brought unique, irreplaceable me - out of all the possibilities of life-here, now, to this? Was all my youth-the paper route after school, the stolen moments in the back seats of borrowed cars, the football workouts, the cramming for finals-meant to end this way, dying in a muddy paddy?” WayEndsMomentsSchoolDyingCarPossibilityYouthFootballPaperUniqueFinalsSeatsRoutesWorkoutStolenBorrowedMuddyIrreplaceableAfter SchoolCrammingPaddy Author:William Broyles, Jr.
“Achieving Champions League football is the minimum requirement and always the most important thing for [Dortmund Borussia] club. Beyond that, we want to win a trophy. Maybe the German Cup, because we've reached the last three finals, but haven't won one, so that's a big motivation for us.” WantImportantBigsLastsMotivationThreeWinningAchieveHavensFootballImportant ThingsFinalsClubsCupsLeagueChampionMinimumRequirementsTrophiesChampions League Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is northern Northern California after all - the final frontier of freakerdom. Just in the eleventh grade we have a girl named Electricity, a guy named Magic Bus, and countless flowers: Tulip, Begonia, and Poppy - all parent-given-on-the-birth-certificate names. Tulip is a two-ton bruiser of a guy who would be the star of out football team if we were the kind of school that has optional morning meditation in the gym” IfsKindTwoWould BeSchoolGuyGirlNamesGivenStarsParentMorningMeditationMagicTeamFootballFlowerMomBirthFinalsWork OutCaliforniaGradesGymBusElectricityFrontiersHippieFootball TeamCertificatesLennonOptionalPoppiesBirth CertificateNorthern CaliforniaLennie Author:Jandy Nelson