Eber Gren World of Sports 24hrs

🗣 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 – "I remember Fergie’s team talk before playing AC Milan. He literally said to Park: 'Your job today is not about touching the ball, it’s not about making passes, your job is Pirlo. That’s all: Pirlo." 😳

“At the time Andrea Pirlo was averaging 110 passes per game, something stupid like that, and out of those, about 60-70 were forward passes, passes that could hurt you. He had this trick: when the ball came to him from the full-back, he would play it first time over your centre-back’s head, for Andriy Shevchenko or Kaka to run through. Pirlo was the best I’ve seen at that pass." 👀

"So Fergie said to Park: 'He cannot be allowed that pass. You cannot be one yard or one second late.' And I think Pirlo barely had 40 passes in that game, and 95 per cent were backwards because Park was so unbelievable at carrying out his orders. The rest of us appreciated that, physically and mentally, what Park managed to do that night was so difficult.” 🔥

🗣 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐨 on that fateful night – “At Milan, he [Ferguson] unleashed Park Ji-sung to shadow me. He rushed about at the speed of an electron. He'd fling himself at me, his hands all over my back, trying to intimidate me. He'd look at the ball and not know what it was for. They'd programmed him to stop me. His devotion to the task was almost touching. Even though he was a famous player, he consented to being used as a guard dog.”

Three-Lung Park 🇰🇷👑🔥

In 2011, Pirlo was deemed undesirable by AC Milan who did not extend him when he was 32 years old.

Pirlo will then sign for free at Juve where he will be elected 3 times best Serie A player in his first 3 seasons, a record still unmatched today 😍👏

Legend ❤🇮🇹

During a match between AC Milan and Inter Milan, the referee wanted to show Ronaldinho a yellow card but mistakenly brought out a red card instead.

Realizing his mistake, he replaced it with the intended yellow card and they both laughed about it.

Rivaldo, one of only a few players that won it all

In a stellar career lasting over 24 years, Rivaldo won 12 league titles in six countries, a Champions League with Milan and a Copa America and a World Cup with Brazil. Oh, and small matter of the Ballon

Alessandro Nesta on Messi: "I kicked him and fell down, exhausted. He immediately gave me his hand to lift me up. Do you understand? I was on the ground and 2 seconds later, I opened my eyes and saw him with his hand out to help me up. There Messi destroyed me mentally." 🔥

Raphinha is reportedly on his way to FC Bayern München for €50 million next month. 👀💰

He is 6th for most goal contributions in the Premier League in 2021 ahead of Jamie Vardy, Sadio Mane & Mason Mount & has been Leeds United's talisman in his first year in English football. 🙌🇧🇷

The three-punch KO! 🥊

Wilfried Zaha took Boxing Day seriously 😅🥊

Federico Dimarco signs a new deal with Inter until 2026 ✍️⚫️🔵
👉 https://bit.ly/3H97yta

DID YOU KNOW: During a trip to South Sudan, a war photographer Jan Grarup found a kid wearing a devastated Milan jersey with precarious repairs. 😳

The photographer was a Milan fan and asked the boy to swap his old jersey for a new one. Then, he donated it to the club and Milan sent a huge donation to UNICEF in support of the children of South Sudan. 👏

This is how the shirt looks at Mondo Milan Museum at Casa Milan. 🤯

THIS IS NOT JUST A JERSEY ❤️