the top Reddit posts from r/soccer for the past day
Latest posts:
[Kaya Kaynak] Arteta on if he's told his players not to kick the ball away: Yeah I think so. Don’t touch the ball. We will play without the ball.
Kylian Mbappé’s reply to Espanyol’s goalkeeper trying to bother him before taking the penalty: “I don’t understand one f**king word of what you’re telling me”
Tim Howard: "Pep Guardiola has ruined football. Pep Guardiola has taught everybody that they can play expansive football. They can’t. Not everybody can do it, 3 teams in the world can do it really well."
Toni Kroos (after that UEFA Referees Committee has admitted that a penalty should have been awarded to Germany against Spain): “It took them three months to realise it was a handball, something that almost everyone saw in a second"
[Mundo Deportivo] According to MD, Wojciech Szcesny is willing to come out of Retirement in order to play for Barça
Mbappé’s argument with the ref in the game against Espanyol: the ref thinks the gesture is a sign of disrespect, Mbappé protests that he didn’t even say anything. The ref later ends the conversation by doing the same gesture that got Mbappé a yellow card initially
[Sky Sports] Premier League clubs have reportedly sent concerns about 'gamesmanship' and Arsenal's repeated use of the "dark arts" throughout last season to the PGMOL
Arteta on Arsenal's approach after going down to 10 men "We had to play that game. We were thrown in a very different context and did what every team does. We were in that same situation with Xhaka after 38 minutes and we lost 5-0. We’d better learn. If not I would be thick, very thick."
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Marcelino (Villarreal coach) on the agresiveness against Lamine Yamal "If instead of dribbling, you play simple, you prevent these types of situations from happening."
[Relevo] Cucurella's handball at Euros continues to raise dust: UEFA now admits it was a refereeing error
[Jack Gaughan] VAR reviewed the Haaland/Gabriel ball chuck at the time and deemed no action was necessary. Man City striker won't face retrospective punishment.
Unbeaten Teams in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues:
Manuel Akanji "Always when we play against Arsenal, that's what they're looking for: the drama. It worked for them so if they're happy with the one point. I don’t think there are many better than them at it[dark arts]. But in the end we always won the title and I think we're going to win it again."
[MundoDeportivo] Paco Roig ex-president of Valencia:"I call Madrid the Real Immigrant. Madrid has eight blacks, two white foreigners and one Spaniard, Carvajal"."He [Vinicius] may be a great player, which I believe he is, but he is a shitty person"
Kyle Walker "If I go over to the referee by my own accord and I’m out of position, it’s my fault. But I’m in position, he’s called the two captains to calm the players down. If I was a goalkeeper, does he let me get back in my net? Of course. I’m first line of defence he should let me get back in."
“Stay humble eh, stay humble” — Haaland to Arteta after the final whistle
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