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Football Match Quotes
What players remember most about match day
These quotes come largely from players reflecting on what a football match actually feels like, from scoring decisive goals to taking a hit during play. Several also compare playing at home versus abroad, noting how little the game itself changes. See our Country page for more on that contrast.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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When I was at drama school, I was totally broke, and a lot of my mates had jobs and were financially very good to me, so if, for example, I take them away on a trip to a football match in Europe, it means that I can pay them back a bit.
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I got a couple of front teeth knocked out during a football match when I was hit by a flying elbow.
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It's not like I played my first football match in England. For me, football is pretty much the same everywhere; the ball is round, but maybe tactically, things are different than at other clubs I've played for.
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I associate the metaphor of sport with war. The unrest in the former Yugoslavia, after all, started with a football match that then became charged in nationalist ways and ended in violence.
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To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.
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