Luis Figo

Luis Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIHis a retired Portuguese footballer. He played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Internazionale before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team a then record but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo...
NationalityPortuguese
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth4 November 1972
CityAlmada, Portugal
CountryPortugal
alongside sure thrilled win wish won
I would have been thrilled to play alongside Rui Costa at Madrid. I am sure he will win things with Milan. I just wish he could have won things with Madrid, instead.
step win
We've come here to win and get one step away from the World Cup.
draw means top win
For us a draw means little, we need to win to get to the top of the standings,
deserve driving football goal goals greece less minutes mistakes played win
For what we played over the 90 minutes we didn't deserve this result. Greece was driving two times our goal and scored two goals ... football is like that. Who makes less mistakes can win the game.
club draw fans successful suppose trophies win
If we win trophies then I suppose we draw more fans and the club is more successful commercially. But it's not up to me to do the sums.
although barcelona certainly decided league madrid win
I certainly think the league is already decided and Barcelona will be champion, although I want Madrid to win on Saturday.
chose club desire gone involved required sorry start wait win
I chose this club because it has the same desire to win that I have, ... I can't wait to start this new adventure. The only thing I'm sorry about is that there were too many intermediaries involved in these negotiations. It only required two days, yet it's gone on for two months.
chose club desire win
I chose this club because it has the same desire to win that I have,
winning important circus
If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things.
commercial decisions later pay players sake signing sooner three took wrong
Everything started to go wrong at Real after those first three years when commercial decisions took precedence over sporting ones. They started signing players for the sake of signing them. When things are like that sooner or later you pay for it.
achieved changing eight seven situation success
I've never experienced a situation when sporting success has been achieved by changing seven or eight players.
easy game great improving pressure time work
The pressure was really high, ... It showed we can work for better things in the future. We are improving as time passes. The first game was not easy for us. It was a great disappointment. Now we are improving and let's see what we can do in the quarterfinals.
call either kicked
Me call the president? If he has kicked me out, what for? He didn't call me either when I left.
happening home
What is happening here is shameful, it's better if we all go home or go on holiday.