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He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.

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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.
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Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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Coincidence is logical.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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Football is simple, you're either on time, or you're too late. If you're too late then you have to leave earlier.
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