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We present the most prominent, bizarre, and funniest quotes from last week, coming from famous Italian football players and journalists' comments related to these quotes. This week, there are still plenty of stories swirling around the referee influence scandal, as well as the upcoming World Cup being touched on multiple times.
"I am an Argentine player, but clearly not in the eyes of Jose Pekerman." - Javier Zanetti advises the Argentine national team coach to get his eyes checked.
"I am curious to see what the World Cup looks like, since in 1982, when Italy won it, I wasn't even born yet." - Daniele De Rossi puts on a child's cap and scares his grandfather Angelo Peruzzi.
"I fully support Roberto Mancini and respect his work at the club. Fabio Capello? I and everyone else consider him the best coach there is." - Massimo Moratti knows perfectly well how to calm his team's strategist.
"I demand that the two 'scudetti' that belong to this club be returned to us. We are tired of being victims of injustice." - After losing the Italian elections, Silvio Berlusconi finds a new battle in which he can once again accuse communists of stealing power from him.
"When the investigation is over, maybe we will all laugh at the bold accusations made against us." - Fabio Capello wants to put a smile back on Luciano Moggi's face.
"I no longer have the desire or strength to continue my work in the football world. These people killed my soul." - Luciano Moggi has a soul?!
"We suspected that there was some psychological weakness against major clubs, but we could not have imagined that there was such a precise and planned system to control football." - Cesare Prandelli wonders if he should help Luciano Moggi find weapons of mass destruction for the NATO army.
"Is football clean? If a team like 'Chievo' manages to finish seventh, I think it's clean." - Bepi Pillon's 'Chievo' flew over the Moggi control post.
"One of my children - seven years old. He already understands how wonderful it is to see his father at the World Cup." - Just don't forget to wave when the camera films the substitute players' bench, as your children will be watching you on TV, Julio Cruz.
"If I had said a few months ago that 'Parma' would finish in tenth place, people would have thought I was mad." - Mario Beretta is cautious of people in white coats.
"The season ends in the same way as the last two months - no organization, enthusiasm, passion, or dignity." - And these words were Walter Novellino's positive comments after his team lost 1-3 to 'Lecce'.
"When my 'Bologna' team dropped out of 'Serie A', I lived like a recluse for 8 months. I didn't go anywhere from home because I felt great shame. I decided to lead a team in the top league once again, but my health did not improve at all." - Just don't start talking about the state of your joints, Carlo Mazzone.
"What now? I am not retiring. I want to play for another year in some quiet league. Italy is not on the list." - Leaving the Hungarian club 'Sopron' at the age of 38, Giuseppe Signori declares an obvious truth.
"We will meet at the new 'Juventus' training ground in Vinovo on July 15." - Fabio Capello said - the same person who once convinced people he would never coach 'Juventus'.
"I am already 32 years old and I would rather stay at home with my family than travel to the World Cup and sit on the bench." - Olivier Dacourt thanks the French national team coach Raymond Domenech for not including him in the team.
