Soccer Rules Quotes

The VAR was introduced to reduce controversies, and instead, they have increased - possibly because we Italians like to stoke them.

In this day and age, in modern goalkeeping, if you come out and you catch the ball and you get smacked, you're going to get the foul.

As a player, sometimes you expect something to happen every time the ball is in the box. Every time somebody falls down, you get nervous because you have to watch your back because anything can happen.

The Premier League is really nice, it's wonderful. It is also quite difficult to explain certain things. You need to experience them personally to take it all in.

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box.

This is football from the 19th century. It's very difficult to play a football match when only one team wants to play. A football match is about two teams playing. I told Big Sam, they need points. To come here the way they did, is that acceptable? Maybe it is, they need points. The only thing I could bring more was Black & Decker - a Black & Decker to destroy the West Ham wall.

International soccer has been a big part of my love for the sport. I love the Men's National Team. I can say that they're my favorite sports team.

I do go to football sometimes but I don't know the offside rule or free-kicks - or side kicks - or whatever they're called.

I know being a linesman is a thankless job, especially with guys like me around.

I feel like German football is a lot more aggressive and faster. I've never played in the Premier League, so I couldn't say what it was like. But going from youth football, I would say it's a lot faster and lot more physical.

Any open net was an unforgivable crime meriting immediate punishment, and [Di Stefano] carried out the sentence by stabbing at it like a mischievous elf.

Everyone talks about VAR, which is great. It will help the referees no end. But if you've got VAR in place and VAR becomes the ref, I'm not sure that's good for the game.

Over the course of a season, you'll get goals that are good disallowed and you'll get disallowed goals that are good.

A five-year-old Chinese girl knows more about football than I do.

We cannot play soccer without hands. You need your arms while running.

With handball, you have soft facts but not hard facts. The shot is wide, and then suddenly, it's a penalty.

Like Christians, Soccerians argue that you should not judge the essence of their faith by the loopy activities of its followers. But the Beautiful Game is in fact quite the opposite. It is badly designed and riddled with flaws.

Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.

From the FA to UEFA and FIFA, there's a naivety, a lack of knowledge and understanding and packed with people who are out of touch.

Would I - or any defender - tell the referee to give a penalty if I made a foul in the box but it was deemed a fair tackle? No chance.

Soccer is always changing and evolving, and I think our national team has had to change with the times.

I went for a tackle with Radamel Falcao against Colombia, and he just dropped to the floor. I said to him 'Just get up!'

VAR can remove injustices, but decisions need to be taken faster.

One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.

Soccer is the most widely played sport in the U.S.