Mrs Stankovic
06-22-2000, 12:58 PM
Berti Vogts, Uefa technical delegate:
"It was a fantastic match. It had everything. It was one of those games that will pass into history as one of the best matches ever played. It's difficult to comment on a game like this because you simply have to be here and watch it. The actions by the players speak for themselves. Absolutely superb. In matches like this, it's close to impossible to pick a man of the match but we chose Guardiola anyway because he lifted Spain up with a brilliant performance in midfield when things were looking bleak for them. I think it was deserved that Spain won the game in the end. Their passing was simply irresistible today."
José Antonio Camacho, Spain coach
"People may expect me to be euphoric after that but that's not the way I am. To be honest I haven't taken it all in yet but in any case I've been in football a long time and I've seen similar things. I remember a lot of games, a lot of beautiful, historic games and this was one more of those. I've played a lot of games and I have a lot of memories. "With two minutes left, the players on bench said that we still had time - and in the end they were right. We had many chances to score and we played fluid football but sometimes football is unfair and if we had not won I think it would have been unfair. "We played some great football, particularly in the first half, but goals count in this game and if the match had ended a minute earlier people would have been talking about a disaster. As it is, this is being called a heroic win but we had to have luck in order to win." (MALO FAKT UP AKO MENE PITAS - U WON THANKS TO THE REF, NOT REALLY DESERVED) :mad:
Vujadin Boškov, Yugoslavia national team coach
"Both teams put on a brilliant performance for the supporters. They were witness to a spectacular match, with so many fantastic details and seven goals. After Spain scored on their penalty to tie the match, I became very worried and immediately raced over to a television screen close to us to find out out the result from Slovenia against Norway. When I saw that it had ended goalless, I was again a happy man. "It was of course a bit disappointing that we conceded two goals towards the end, but I hope that our supporters can forgive because we still qualified for the quarter-finals. I don't blame our goalkeeper for any of the goals. All goals were scored from close range, which meant he was helpless on all occasions. "Ten days ago I said that Spain were the favourites to proceed from this group, and it turns out I was right."
FORZA PLAVIIIIIIIII :cool:
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"It was a fantastic match. It had everything. It was one of those games that will pass into history as one of the best matches ever played. It's difficult to comment on a game like this because you simply have to be here and watch it. The actions by the players speak for themselves. Absolutely superb. In matches like this, it's close to impossible to pick a man of the match but we chose Guardiola anyway because he lifted Spain up with a brilliant performance in midfield when things were looking bleak for them. I think it was deserved that Spain won the game in the end. Their passing was simply irresistible today."
José Antonio Camacho, Spain coach
"People may expect me to be euphoric after that but that's not the way I am. To be honest I haven't taken it all in yet but in any case I've been in football a long time and I've seen similar things. I remember a lot of games, a lot of beautiful, historic games and this was one more of those. I've played a lot of games and I have a lot of memories. "With two minutes left, the players on bench said that we still had time - and in the end they were right. We had many chances to score and we played fluid football but sometimes football is unfair and if we had not won I think it would have been unfair. "We played some great football, particularly in the first half, but goals count in this game and if the match had ended a minute earlier people would have been talking about a disaster. As it is, this is being called a heroic win but we had to have luck in order to win." (MALO FAKT UP AKO MENE PITAS - U WON THANKS TO THE REF, NOT REALLY DESERVED) :mad:
Vujadin Boškov, Yugoslavia national team coach
"Both teams put on a brilliant performance for the supporters. They were witness to a spectacular match, with so many fantastic details and seven goals. After Spain scored on their penalty to tie the match, I became very worried and immediately raced over to a television screen close to us to find out out the result from Slovenia against Norway. When I saw that it had ended goalless, I was again a happy man. "It was of course a bit disappointing that we conceded two goals towards the end, but I hope that our supporters can forgive because we still qualified for the quarter-finals. I don't blame our goalkeeper for any of the goals. All goals were scored from close range, which meant he was helpless on all occasions. "Ten days ago I said that Spain were the favourites to proceed from this group, and it turns out I was right."
FORZA PLAVIIIIIIIII :cool:
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