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“The Lega Calcio must not be perceived as an association of criminals.”
Why change such a long-running Italian tradition, Antonio Matarrese?

“If I join a private club, then I have to respect the rules. I can’t just steal the silverware and then complain.”
FIGC chief Guido Rossi carries his SWAG bag out of Calciopoli.

“I didn’t like reading some comments my fellow tacticians made about Roberto Donadoni. They were particularly nasty and disguised a bit of jealousy at what he has achieved.”
Walter Novellino identifies Azzurri Envy.

“My life has changed. I am happy and relaxed. I owe all of that to Roberto Baggio.”
Sebastien Frey embraces Buddhism and the Divine Ponytail’s teachings.

“I don’t understand why Juventus continue to maintain Mauro Camoranesi has accepted Serie B. It isn’t true.”
Keeping everyone thoroughly confused, it’s Camoranesi’s agent Sergio Fortunato.

“We now only need to understand what Juve’s position will be.”
Dear Mr Fortunato, I think they want him to stay…

“I cannot wait to pull on this mythical Bianconeri jersey.”
Jean-Alain Boumsong seeks the Holy Grail of football shirts.

“I used to play for a team as a child called Juventus. It must be fate.”
But was he any good for them? The worrying Bianconeri faithful ask…

“Alain is a real defender. He has great athletic qualities, although he did struggle last season.”
Juventus boss Didier Deschamps confirms that he did actually see Boumsong at Newcastle last season.

“We still consider the fact we had to play this preliminary round as an injustice, but we’re back where we belong now.”
Don’t do it, Carlo Ancelotti, don’t start singing ‘Up where we belong’!

“We made some silly mistakes and they cost us the game.”
Chievo Coach Bepi Pillon identifies the difference between a successful team and a losing one.

“I hope that Juventus stay in Serie B – especially because of the joy it gives us ant-Juventini.”
Aldo Agroppi – he’s all heart…

“Why did I choose the 17 shirt? Because one plus seven makes eight, which I didn’t want to take off Alberto Aquilani.”
Roma’s David Pizarro – who said footballers are stupid?


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Friday 29 September, 2006

“It’s true we’re struggling at the moment because there are few options available to me.”
Roberto Mancini insists Inter’s problem is that they haven’t bought enough players. It’s official, he really has run out of excuses


“If we can end games with 11 men on the field, then obviously it’d make things a bit easier for everyone.”
More is more for Hernan Crespo after the Nerazzurri receive three red cards in two Champions League games


”I’m proud to make such an extraordinary person happy even if just for five seconds!”
Crespo again, this time going too far down the ‘less is more’ route


“It was a defeat and no doubt the media will now tear us to pieces, but we have broad shoulders and can take the pressure.”
Surely being unable to take the pressure is precisely why Inter keep getting spanked in the Press, Marco Materazzi?


“I’ve been tucking my shorts into my underpants since 1988. Sooner or later I’ll reveal why.”
Our bet is on a hitchhiking experiment gone awry for Giorgio Corona


“I knew when I signed for Palermo that playing with a pink shirt would inevitably prompt some jokes back in Brazil. It’s not the nicest strip in Serie A, but what can I do?”
Fabio Simplicio blushes demurely every time he pulls on his hot pink jersey


“I talk to the players for only seven minutes before kick-off. When I was playing, I was bored stiff during the Coach’s sermons, so I’d like to avoid putting my men through the same torture.”
Catania boss Pasquale Marino keeps it short and sweet


“Inter should play in a League of their own, that way they’d always win and couldn’t blame any referees.”
Massimo De Santis was being ironic, but Massimo Moratti might consider it a cunning plan


“We might not be nice to look at, but right now we need the points.”
Delio Rossi won’t enter Lazio for Italy’s Next Top Model


“The World Cup Final is passion, so when it goes to extra time it is a drama. But when it comes to penalty kicks, it is a tragedy.”
FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who refused to hand over the trophy in Berlin, reveals he was sobbing with Zinedine Zidane as the Azzurri celebrated


“I hope West Ham kick us out of the UEFA Cup, I honestly couldn't care less about this competition.”
Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini’s audition for the Rosanero cheerleading squad fails miserably


“Stefano Fiore was right, there is a prejudice against Italian players at Valencia. I feel totally useless.”
Francesco Tavano conveniently forgets Amedeo Carboni represented Valencia in a Champions League Final.


“I never had any doubts about Juventus’ promotion and this is not just because I support them.”
You can take Antonio Conte out of Turin…


“It hurts me to see Zlatan Ibrahimovic play with another outfit which has the Scudetto sewn on its shirt.”
Not as much as it hurts Inter when he gets sent off again, eh Pavel Nedved?


“Inter, Telecom Italia, Massimo Moratti, Marco Tronchetti Provera and FIGC Commissioner Guido Rossi are all partners in the same things – that is Telecom Italia and Inter.”
Just when you thought you’d seen the last of Luciano Moggi, he returns with an even more complicated conspiracy theory.


“Personally I much prefer the tactic with two forwards. I’m not a fan of the Christmas Tree formation.”
Don’t expect to pull a cracker with Ricky ‘Scrooge’ Kaka. Bah, humbug!


“I am here to play and we will see after four weeks what the club wants and what I want.”
Is there any doubt about the outcome of Benni 'I've had more clubs than hot dinners' Carbone's short-term deal with Sydney FC?
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Mancici is such a loser ... he is really the most stupid man in the whole wide world !!!

[Rossoneri7]

"Inter should play in a League of their own, that way they’d always win and couldn’t blame any referees.”
Massimo De Santis was being ironic, but Massimo Moratti might consider it a cunning plan

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[misha]

“You can stick your Scudetto up your ****”
The banner held up by Massimo Ambrosini on the Milan team bus sends an eloquent message to Inter

“I haven’t won it in 42 years.”
As does Gennaro Gattuso’s giant badge parodying the official ‘I am an Interista’ slogan

“At least in a moment of such joy they reserved a thought for us…”Nerazzurri captain Javier Zanetti believes it is better to be insulted than ignored

“Inter cannot teach us how to behave. Moratti must have forgotten some of his gestures, he forgets what they did at Valencia.”Gattuso follows the rule of every good marital dispute and starts listing past indiscretions

“What else must we do? Must we go into the streets to say that we did wrong?”Going into the streets with that banner was what started it, Gennaro!

“Marco Materazzi has to stop. We are friends, but I have had enough of this, sometimes it seems as if he has turned into Jesus Christ.”Gattuso again. Does that mean Zinedine Zidane was Judas? When the **** crows three times you will head-butt me in the chest

“One thing is to offend people and another to sing along with an ironic fan chant. My lads did not do that at Siena and nor will they this Sunday.”Roberto Mancini did not realise they could stick the Scudetto…in an ironic way

“They are being very disrespectful towards us and all the other sides and players in Serie A. Inter had their work made easy for them, but they did well to take full advantage of the situation.”Alessandro Del Piero joins in the Beneamata bashing at the end of this ‘clean’ season

“I put on 1.5kg from the age of 19 to 24. Now they say I am more agile and lighter, but I actually weigh more than I did back then. Most of the time appearances can be deceptive.”Women the world over stop Del Piero in the street and ask what his secret is

“Many champions have approached us, they all want Milan now. That includes one player who is totally above suspicion. If I reveal his name, it’ll be chaos…”Carlo Ancelotti has proved himself a master midfielder, tactician and now tease

“We ask the club owners to take serious action against the current Juventus Board of Directors, who are shaming us on the world stage and muddying 109 years of glorious history.”Bianconeri supporters find a bit of Juve’s reputation that hasn’t been sullied and pelt that as well after the split with Didier Deschamps

“The Lega Calcio members left during the voting process, but they did so out of respect, otherwise they would have had to vote against Cesare Gussoni.”That’s democracy the Italian way by FIGC President Giancarlo Abete

“I have scored 102 goals in four seasons and can comfortably say with such a record I deserved a few more international caps.”Cristiano Lucarelli shows his gratitude for a surprise Azzurri recall

“Our objective was not to finish bottom of the table and we achieved that.”Ascoli’s Nedo Sonetti is certainly not lacking in ambition

“For me it remains a crime not to field the trident attack in every game.”Udinese patron Giampaolo Pozzo also considers a flat-back four to be a hanging offence

“Some called me crazy when I arrived here!”That’s because they’d seen your post-match interviews at Stamford Bridge, Claudio Ranieri…

“This is literally the Last Chance Saloon, because we need a point to reach… the Saloon.”You need a few drinks in you are to understand most of Ranieri’s metaphors

“I didn’t even look at the table when I took the job. That’s probably for the best, or I might have reconsidered.”It’s lucky Ascoli didn’t ask Ranieri to take over mid-season before Parma got to him

“If the President wants, I will remain even in Serie B, because I am not the type who gives in easily.”No, Luigi Del Neri, but clubs do tend to give up on you – like Porto, Roma, Palermo…

“These results were already written. We knew how it was going to go in the other stadiums. It was between Catania and us. You could have bet your life on it.”And yet you still managed to get relegated, Franco Semioli. You’d think such an accurate prediction would make you try a little harder to get the one point you needed, eh?

“Antonio Cassano is crazy, but he’s also one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.”David Beckham confirms what we all suspected – Cassano is calcio’s idiot savant

“I feel like a little Jose Mourinho.”New Juventus boss Giancarlo Corradini reveals Chelsea have started cloning Mini-Mes of their staff

“We have to be careful as it can get windy over there.”Pippo Inzaghi gets in his excuses early before he’s accused of diving against the Faroe Islands

“Adriano Galliani is a great official.”Carlo Ancelotti hails the man who just handed him a new £3.5m a year contract until 2010

“Why England again? Because, at this time, English football is a fascinating window that hypnotises you!”Has anyone asked Claudio Ranieri whether Derren Brown was on the other side of the glass?

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“A carpenter scored against me? At least I made his dream come true.”
Buffon hosts a new edition of Gigi’ll Fix It

“If I had conceded another goal then I would have walked off!”But there are limits to how many wishes he’ll grant in the Faroe Islands

“The idea was to find space between the lines, but as the Faroe Islands played so very deep there really wasn’t a gap!”Alessandro Del Piero discovers the flaw in their tactical plans

“I want to see my team play the opening 20 minutes like they’re out for blood.”Roberto Donadoni has been reading Dracula’s Guide to Football

“I will be ready for Italy’s important matches.”Francesco Totti won’t get out of bed for just any opponent, you know

“If I had been the Italy Coach I would have told Totti to just shut up and play.”UEFA President Michel Platini takes the diplomatic approach to international football management

“I don’t think the role of Italy Coach is compatible with Platini’s current position.”Roberto Donadoni points out a conflict of interest – namely that someone is after his job

“We decided to be chaste until our wedding night. It wasn’t easy, as of course I am a normal guy, but I think that if our lives together are so wonderful now it is also because we waited.”Kaka consolidates his role as the ideal son-in-law for every football fan

“Cristiano Lucarelli just likes to be courted.”Livorno patron Aldo Spinelli unveils his latest negotiation strategy – moonlight serenades

“You simply don’t say no to a club like Juventus. And I didn’t!”Claudio Ranieri received an offer he could not refuse…

“The idea is to face Manchester United as soon as possible and be on the same level as them in the standings.”It might be easier for Claudio Ranieri to achieve that aim now that he is at Juventus rather than Manchester City

“The derby? I welcome Torino back to Serie A…”Claudio Ranieri forgets which side of the city was playing in the second tier

“Andrea Barzagli is not for sale when it comes to Fiorentina.”Palermo sporting director Rino Foschi warns this is a local club for local people, there’s nothing for you here!

“I am not afraid of competition. If it is fair and the player who is in the best shape goes on to the field, then I have no problems.”Actually, that tends to be when Alberto Gilardino finds himself on the bench at Milan

“If Gilardino feels he needs to go, then there’s no reason why we can’t help him achieve that aim.”Can you hear Carlo Ancelotti’s heart breaking? No?

“It is often said that Inzaghi is in love with the goal, but the truth is that the goal is in love with him.”Ancelotti explains the key to Pippo’s success – he is the Calcio Casanova

“After that match [1-0 win at Roma in Week 3] the championship was as good as over…”Hernan Crespo sets a new first for complacency

“With my arrival Torino will become as competitive as Inter, Roma and Milan!”Even Alvaro Recoba is making jokes about his inability to affect teams. Rather sad, when you think about it

“Last summer, when I called up the team to tell them that we were forced to review our plans because of the Champions League preliminaries, it took Inzaghi just three hours to reach Milanello.”Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani reveals SuperPippo has his own Batsignal

“For a moment I even thought I might be a candidate for permanent replacement as I have done the hard graft and know the club very well.”Juve caretaker boss Giancarlo Corradini. Who? Exactly…

[Jack Sparrow]

“It is often said that Inzaghi is in love with the goal, but the truth is that the goal is in love with him.”Ancelotti explains the key to Pippo’s success – he is the Calcio Casanova

“Last summer, when I called up the team to tell them that we were forced to review our plans because of the Champions League preliminaries, it took Inzaghi just three hours to reach Milanello.”Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani reveals SuperPippo has his own Batsignal

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There are Gods and there are Heroes....

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wow pippo is best, what an amazing athlete.

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[misha]

“We will have to see what happens now, because David Suazo has already signed for us.”
Considering he was still under contract with Cagliari, Inter chief Massimo Moratti has probably just talked himself into a hefty fine

“He never called me. That’s a lie.”Moratti insists Cagliari patron Massimo Cellino is stalking him like some deranged Eastenders character

“Cagliari Calcio announce that they will provide printouts of the telephone calls made from the club headquarters in Viale La Plaia.”Here’s hoping the Sardinians won’t also release transcripts of saucy text messages they sent to Moratti

“Moratti missed a great opportunity to stay quiet. I, however, don’t want to break my silence on this matter.”Cellino takes a vow of silence by telling everyone about his decision not to speak

“I have nothing to say. You can work it all out with your own brains.”Milan transfer guru Adriano Galliani is running the Suazo saga as an elaborate game of Cluedo

“Real Madrid want Kaka? I want to date Monica Bellucci, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.”Agent Ernesto Bronzetti warns the Brazilian is out of Real’s League…

“I’d love to meet Alberto Aquilani so I could inform him he has a very powerful shot.”Teenage fan Denzel Westenberg points out the fairly obvious after Aquilani’s free kick broke his wrist

“I imagined the taste of the next Scudetto. It’s more or less an advertising slogan – some things are just priceless. It was a delicious feeling.”Gianluigi Buffon puts Juve’s title on his credit card. Of course that was what got them demoted in the first place…

“It was an inevitable purgatory, as Serie B was the only way to make Juve likeable again in the eyes of the public.”Buffon notes it was either that or the stocks in the town square

“Didier Deschamps is still calling some players in a bid to destabilise the locker room atmosphere.”Agent Vincenzo Morabito tells tales on the stirring Frenchman

“I wanted to change some things and express my ideas, but they did not let me and so I decided to quit.”Former Juventus director Marco Tardelli shows he’s not too old to sulk

“I too feel that I was robbed of two Scudetti.”Gennaro Gattuso fills out his insurance form after Calciopoli

“The two Presidents just need to sit down and talk it over, as the rest has been agreed.”Marco Amelia’s agent Carlo Pallavicino says it’s all set for a Lazio move

“I don’t know anything about this affair.”… but someone forgot to tell Biancocelesti President Claudio Lotito

“It’s very clear to everyone, we really don’t like the English. They get on our nerves for a whole series of reasons.”If you didn’t believe Sinisa Mihajlovic before the game – and brawl – with Serbia, then you do now

“Some have said my cousin turned up to this tournament rather than the Rosinaldo of Torino.”Will the real Alessandro Rosina please stand up?

“This season we achieved a miracle, as I often felt like a salmon swimming upstream.”Fabio Capello felt there was something fishy going on at Real Madrid

“Cristiano Ronaldo is without doubt the best player in England, but that’s a long way off being the best in the world.”Pele is evidently not a fan of the Premiership

“The first Copa Libertadores match was on Thursday, the day after we were in the stands for Nueva Chicago-River Plate, another two encounters on Saturday and three on Sunday.”It’s a hard life scouting for new Catania Coach Silvio Baldini

"The Italians gave us pasta, now they've given us chips."Sky Sports News' Mike Wedderburn's take on Graziano Pelle's chipped penalty against Portugal.

[kurtsimonw]

“I imagined the taste of the next Scudetto. It’s more or less an advertising slogan – some things are just priceless. It was a delicious feeling.”Gianluigi Buffon puts Juve’s title on his credit card. Of course that was what got them demoted in the first place…

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[misha]

“Real Madrid want Kaka? I want to date Monica Bellucci, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen .”Agent Ernesto Bronzetti warns the Brazilian is out of Real’s League…

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[MizNelson]

Hey, here's some great Dida quotes.













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^^^

HA-HA-HA!!!!!!!!!!!!

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“Cristiano Ronaldo is without doubt the best player in England, but that’s a long way off being the best in the world.”Pele is evidently not a fan of the Premiership

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