On the menu of Top Declarations this week, Verratti and Leonardo turn on the referee, Antonetti’s bloodshed, Sampaoli’s life lesson, Tebas amused by PSG and Real, Longoria calms Zidane’s dream… Discover the shock sentences of the week.
Marco Verratti did not mince his words.
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Every Saturday, Maxifoot invites you to take a tour of the ten declarations of the week that should not be missed. Serious and at least serious to know the best of the short phrases of football players. Discover the ranking of all the statements that made the headlines of the press this week.
1. Marco Verratti – How is it possible that we take 10 yellow cards (6 in reality, editor’s note)? You can’t even talk to the referee. We can not do anything. The referee says we can talk to him, but we can’t. This is the only match where this could have happened. We take 10 yellow cards, them on the penalty, it’s red. It doesn’t even take yellow. I think the referees have to take their responsibilities. Because tonight, we got shit on by the referees (Canal +, 02/19/2022)
Furious because of Mickal Lesage’s referee against FC Nantes (1-3) in Ligue 1, the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder completely let go! For his remarks, the Italian was summoned before the Disciplinary Commission of the LFP…
2. Leonardo – Appiah does not take the second yellow card while the penalty is whistled. A second yellow is red, it is empty. Afterwards, there are so many faults on our players. But he says no, no, it’s Neymar, it’s Mbapp, I’m not whistling! It’s Messi, I don’t whistle, it’s Paris Saint-Germain, I don’t whistle! The feeling, it comes like a. (…) But, with the referee, we had the impression that it was ‘poum poum poum, I shoot you.’ I’m only talking about game facts. And there were plenty of them. And when there are several, you can start thinking that it’s something impossible… After the referee, he doesn’t even want to talk: it’s me, I know everything… We ask for a little respect for (Mixed zone, 02/19/2022)
In Verratti’s crowd, the sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain also turned on referee Mickal Lesage. But the Brazilian, despite his anger, did not drape and will therefore escape a sanction.
3. Frdric Antonetti – Do you think the president of Lille and his deputy should come to my technical area? Sylvain Armand? I pushed him away and said they had nothing to do there. They speak badly to me. I’m 60 years old, I don’t want people talking badly to me. The surface belongs to me at this moment! We’ll remember… I know what we’ll remember, I’m a good client. But I don’t care, I know I’m right. Do they have to be in my area in the 85th? (…) I do not condone my behavior. I say that when someone attacks me, I respond. If I slap you, do you respond or not? Me, when someone attacks me, I respond! I said leave us alone and end the game (Press conference, 02/18/2022)
During the draw between Metz and Lille (0-0) in Ligue 1, the Lorraine coach twisted at the end of the game against the presence of northern leaders Sylvain Armand and Olivier Ltang at the edge of the lawn. For a muscular altercation with Armand, Antonetti was suspended for 10 games, including 3 suspended, by the Disciplinary Committee of the LFP.
4. Jorge Sampaoli- I had never experienced such an act of fair play. When I see a player or a trainer capable of recognizing a fault, it makes me ashamed to have such a competitive spirit. I envy and I almost envy their ability to show humanity in a world where there are so many issues and rivalries. I’m honest, if that had happened to me, I wouldn’t have accepted the referee changing his decision. I would have scored the goal and I would have taken it. For me this episode makes me learn, it’s a learning of life (Press conference, 02/24/2022)
On the occasion of Marseille Qarabag’s victory (3-0) in the Europa League Conference, the opposing coach Gurban Gurbanov asked his player Ibrahima Wadji to admit his hand to the referee to cancel a goal, which had been agreement in the absence of VAR. A fair play gesture hailed by the OM coach.
5. Mircea Lucescu – I am not a coward. I didn’t leave when the madness started in Donetsk, 2014. I can’t do that. Certainly not… I would give a negative example to everyone, a feeling of fear, of panic. How could I do that? Let’s hope it’s nothing and those big brainless people will calm down (Fanatik, on 24/02/2022)
Despite the start of the war in Ukraine with the military operations launched by Russia, the coach of Dynamo Kiev has no intention of fleeing the country.
6. Don Garber – We don’t need to bring in a great player at the end of his career because he has decided he wants to retire from MLS. If they don’t come here to play and contribute meaningfully to our teams and our league, respect the league and its fans, otherwise we don’t want them in MLS. (Press conference, 02/23/2022)
The Major League Soccer boss has rejected Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar, who saw himself ending his career in the United States due to a short season with three months vacation.
7. Dimitri Payet – I think we lacked humility. We didn’t show a coherent face, we didn’t show values, we didn’t show anything. We took a good lesson from a team from Clermont who played together, who raced together and who deserved this victory, it must be said. We’re going to have to deflate our heads a little, get back to work and show the face that is ours (Prime Video, 02/20/2022)
After Olympique de Marseille’s loss against Clermont (0-2) in Ligue 1, the Marseille captain gave a big rant.
8. Gigi Becali – You will laugh, but I may be right. Vaccines lose their strength. It’s something scientific. I also see mine, vaccines. It doesn’t affect some, but it does affect those who are older. RO Vaccinare tells a lie and knows what happens to people with certain diseases who die after being vaccinated (Media, 02/23/2022)
The sulphurous owner of Steaua Bucharest, used to controversies, has caused a stir again by closing the door of his club to players vaccinated against Covid-19.
9. Javier Tebas – I was surprised that they met for lunch. I find that kind of stuff funny. I mean, if you don’t get along, why are you going to eat? This meal brings nothing, it’s just morbid (ABC, le 22/02/2022)
The president of La Liga was amused by the meal organized between the presidents of Paris Saint-Germain Nasser Al-Khelafi and Real Madrid Florentino Prez during the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League despite the strong tensions between the two clubs.
10.Pablo Longoria- Zindine Zidane is a very important person in the history of Marseille, there is always a link with the city, he is one of the very important social actors here. Dream of him? It’s a homric question, isn’t it? He has a very respectable track record and whether as a player or a coach, we must be in awe that a Marseillais succeeds in doing this. All of Marseille should be proud of it. Now, we have to be realistic and what I imagine in the immediate future is to give continuity to our project with Jorge Sampaoli (Le Figaro, 02/24/2022)
The president of Olympique de Marseille has calmed the great dream of all Marseilles…
It is with this declaration that the Top Declarations of the week ends. See you next Saturday for a new issue!
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