Subject: Colemanballs (Page 24)

The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.

English football player & announcer
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They didn’t change positions, they just moved the players around.

English football player & manager
Colemanballs

Well… if the ball had gone in the net… that would have been a goal.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
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You can see how O'Leary is absolutely racked with pain, and realizes it.

English football player & commentator
Colemanballs

The Brazilians were South American, the Ukrainians will be more European.

Colemanballs

And I honestly believe that we can go all the way to Wembley… unless somebody knocks us out.

English soccer player & manager
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It’s hard to be passionate twice a week.

Irish football player
Colemanballs

As I say, if we score more goals than them, then we’ll win.

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That’s a question mark everyone’s asking.

South African football player
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Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.

British cricketer & television commentator
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His strength is his strength, his strength is.

English football player & manager
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I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.

Irish football player & manager
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There are so many teams now down at the bottom of the Third Division; the FA really has to do something about it.

Scottish football player
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The gelling period has just started to knit.

England football player
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It’s a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
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If there’s one thing Gus Uhlenbeek’s got, it’s pace and determination.


Colemanballs

What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.

professional football player, coach & executive
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I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in.

English football player & manager
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I’m not superstitious or anything like that, but I’ll just hope we’ll play our best and put it in the lap of the gods.

Irish football player & manager
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I’m not going to pick out anyone in particular, but Jay Jay Okocha should not be captain of a soccer club.

English football player
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There’ll be only one winner now – in every sense.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
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