“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
“The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break.” FirstsDoeGoalHalfBreakSawsFootballShotsThirdsMadManagersSoccerScoreBrutalChairmanHalf Time Author:Arsene Wenger
“Arsenal and Manchester United play the best football. They're not happy with one goal, they want to win by three.” WantPlayThreeWinningGoalUnitedFootballManagersSoccerChairmanNot HappyManchesterArsenalBest FootballManchester United Author:Chris Coleman
“Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.” MenGoalRecordsFootballEarsIncrediblesCupsManagersSoccerPinsChairman Author:Bill Shankly
“Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war. The objective is to win the Premiershp. I don't want to dominate, to finish without defeat, record points or goals or consecutive wins. The Premiership is so difficult you cannot be focused on that. I just think about winning.” ThinkingWantLooksWarWinningDifficultGoalRecordsFootballReadyDefeatFocusedObjectivesManagersSoccerChairmanHaircutsConsecutive Author:Jose Mourinho
“I didn't do anything during the game. I only had one shot on goal and I did not create any chances. I was horrible. Maybe I should have left the pitch earlier.” ShouldGamesLeftGoalChancePlayerFootballShotsShould HaveHorribleSoccer Author:Robinho
“In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.” WayJobsGamesNamesGoalTeamProtectBasketballSoccerScoreNba Author:Hakeem Olajuwon
“I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer.” ThinkingKidsWantedUsedGoalGrowing UpGrowingFeetBallsFatsSoccerGoalkeepersFat Kid Author:Hope Solo
“It's crazy to say that after three games [without a goal] I was in crisis. I do not care whether I score or not, what matters is that the team win and continue to do so.” MatterCareThreeGamesWinningGoalTeamCrazyCrisisSoccerScoreWhat Matters Author:Lionel Messi
“Sometimes in football you have to score goals.” SometimesSportsGoalFootballSoccerScoreSetting GoalsFootballerFunny SoccerSoccer PlayerFunny FootballFootyScoring Goals Author:Thierry Henry
“I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my specialty, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty ; like I did with Barcelona. And here, there's every reason to think I can do it.” ThinkingWantI CanReasonGoalCan DoPlentySoccerScoreI Can Do ItBarcelonaSpecialtySoccer PlayerSoccer FootballInspirational SoccerMotivational SoccerSoccer MotivationScoring GoalsSoccer Is My LifeGreat Soccer Author:Ronaldo
“Stonehenge had an aura but it was also just stone. Then in the sixties, it became a great hedonistic, hippie, druid, rock-n-roll party site. There are amazing pictures of people up on the stones going wild and that's the image I recreated for my model of the project: full access to everyone. I even invented a Stonehenge soccer team that uses spaces between the stones as goals.” PeopleUseGoalSpacePartyTeamRocksProjectsModelsStonesAccessSoccerRock N RollSixtySiteHippieAurasSpace BetweenDruidsHedonisticSoccer TeamStonehenge Author:Aleksandra Mir
“As a soccer player, the goal isn't to be very bulky. It is more important to even your body out. Make sure your body is well rounded. You can't really focus on one area. Everything has to be balanced.” WellsImportantBodyGoalFocusPlayerAreasYour BodySoccerBalancedSoccer PlayerWell Rounded Author:Jozy Altidore