The best football phrases in 2022

As happens at the end of the year, the time has come for evaluation and balance. In “Target”on this occasion we try to collect some of the most important phrases that appeared in the world of football in 2022. The World Cup, the most important event in this sport, has left behind some that will be remembered and that are already part of history…

Messi

‘What are you looking at, fool? Go there, fool!’ It is perhaps the strongest sentence left by 2022. It happened after the match between Argentina and the Netherlands, in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The Argentinian crossed the path of the Dutchman Wout Weghorst after a sweltering penalty shootout.

“Van Gaal sells that he wants to play good football and only throw balls.” Another strong statement from Rosario after Argentina vs. The Netherlands.

Trust us, we won’t let you down. The sentence of 10 appeared after Argentina’s defeat to Saudi Arabia, in the first match of the World Cup.

Louis Enrique

“Streamers of the world, get out of the way, I’m going downhill and with no brakes!” The premiere of the now ex-trainer of the Spanish national team was a surprise.

“I like the ‘Luis Padrique’ thing. If you all say I’m your father, I don’t know what I’m going to do with the wages”.

“My extension in the field? Easy: Mr. Ferran Torres. If I don’t say it, my daughter will cut my head off.”

“If Ferran scores, I will celebrate big. But while I celebrate the pacifier, I change it at the moment, I put it in the stand and it does not step on the grass anymore. Jokes, the honest ”.

Gianni Infantino

“Today I feel Qatari, Arab, African, gay, disabled, worker, immigrant…”. The president of FIFA, on November 19, in response to criticism for choosing Qatar as the venue for the World Cup.

herve renard

“All the stars are aligned.” Argentina had not lost in three years and four months, but Saudi Arabia caused a big surprise at the World Cup.

Walid Regragui

‘We are the Rocky Balboa of this World Cup’said the national coach of Morocco, the great World Cup revelation.

Cristiano Ronaldo

“The dream was fun while it lasted.” The Portuguese star, after being eliminated from the World Cup.

Pique

“From a young age I didn’t want to be a footballer, I wanted to be a Barca player.” The Catalan announced that he would hang his boots on the willows.

“I always said that after Barca there would be no other team and there will be.”

“And you already know me. Sooner or later I’ll be back. Long live Barça always”.

Benzema

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“I have fulfilled the three dreams I had in my life: buying a house for my mother, signing for Real Madrid because it is the best club in the world and the third is the Ballon d’Or”.

Florence Perez

“Mbappé did not betray Real Madrid. He showed his desire to play here and expressed it. Fifteen days earlier he reversed his decision.

“Mbappe’s dream was to play for Real Madrid, we wanted to do it last August and they didn’t let him leave.”

Lewandowski

“I’m at the club I love (Barcelona) and when you feel comfortable and happy everything is easier.”

neymar

“I am psychologically destroyed. It is certainly the defeat that hurt me the most.” It is part of the message Neymar wrote on his Instagram, a day after the quarter-final elimination against Croatia.

guard

Why is it so hard to win the Champions League? Because Real Madrid is always there”.

Marcelo

“I arrived at the age of 18 on a wonderful adventure. I thought I could reach high and I leave here as the player who has won the most titles in the history of the best club in the world.” The Brazilian winger said goodbye to Real Madrid this year.

Vinicius

“The luck of a victorious black Brazilian in Europe is much more disturbing.”

Simeone

“In 2016, Xavi said that Atlético’s style was not the style for the big teams. Now he will be able to show what he is looking for, what he wants, what he imagines and what he grew from his cradle in Barcelona. In our game “We try to take the game where we can hurt them”.

Xavi

“I don’t think the Barça fans understood Atlético’s way of playing, it doesn’t fit. It doesn’t mean it has no merits or is competitive. It’s a fact”.

“The Champions League is not always won by the best. Often you come at the best time and you ignore a detail. La Liga is fairer with 38 games.”

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“Argentina and Brazil are not playing high-level matches to go to the World Cup. In South America, football is not as advanced as in Europe. And that’s why, when you look at the last World Cups, it’s always the Europeans who win.”

ancelotti

“If I can’t get him to score 10 goals a season, I’ll tear up my coaching card.” The Real Madrid coach, about the bet he made with Fede Valverde.

“This internship at Real Madrid will close my career. After the Whites I will retire. Real Madrid is the top of football. It makes sense to put the word ‘end’ after this experience.”

“For me, playing football is many things, not just passing the ball well.”

Modric

“You always have to repeat it, there is nothing greater than Real Madrid”.

Courtois

“Now I’m on the right side of history.” The sentence of the Real Madrid goalkeeper did not go down well with Atlético.

Zidane

“The winner of the Ballon d’Or 2022, it is a pleasure for me to give this award, it is for you, Karim Benzema”.

laporta

“I hope and wish that Messi’s chapter at Barca is not over yet.”

cowman

“I ask for Xavi the support that I didn’t have”.