The best Quotes about the Champions League

It's harder to defend the Champions League than to win it, because everyone is chasing FC Bayern right now. We're currently seen as the best team in the world - that means we're the team everyone wants to beat.

There are some big teams out there who don't play in Champions League, but I can't deny that I'd love to play in Europe's most prestigious competition.

I would love to win the Champions League.

The Champions League is, in terms of club football, the most prestigious one. And if you don't win it you will never be named one of the greatest teams, no chance.

Everyone benefits from a strong Paris Saint-Germain - the club itself, the French league and also the Champions League.

Winning the Champions League is the dream.

When you hear the Champions League anthem, it gives you goosebumps.

Bayern Munich's crowning achievement came with a 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon. Kingsley Coman, a Parisian and former PSG prospect, scored early in the second half. Manuel Neuer, the brilliant goalkeeper, made sure the lead stood up.

Barcelona are always a candidate to win the Champions League.

Winning against Bayern Munich can't be anticipated, that makes them extra special.

Serge Gnabry's double sinks Lyon. The Bayern Munich juggernaut rolls on. He made the difference to set up a mouthwatering final with Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday and leave Hansi Flick dreaming of the perfect finale to his debut season as the Bayern manager.

What am I supposed to say about that? I'm a goalkeeper.

When you sign with Bayern Munich, the contract says that you have to win the German Championship.

There's no team in the whole world, that drives to Munich and thinks: "We're gonna win this for sure."

FC Bayern is a great club, one of the best in the world, and it's enormous motivation for me to now play alongside these extraordinary players in a team. I know that this club, this team lives for titles and wins titles every year. I'm also driven by the hunger for success. I'll give my best for FC Bayern.

We know about the strength of the French players and are respectful. I think they feel the same way.

Strong teams have lost in Frankfurt - and so did we.

The team is the star at Manchester United.

If Barcelona was a German club, they'd be a case for a liquidator.

When I arrived at Barcelona and saw Messi's face, and later Luis Suarez, I felt like it was a videogame.

You always want to score against the opponent and if it's in El Clásico, even more.

In the end, superstars are just ordinary people. For outsiders, it seems different because you always see these characters in the spotlight.

I'm happy to have played my first game wearing the Bayern Munich jersey.

Playing for Juventus is something you dream about when you're a kid.

I'll miss everything about Palermo. The people always made me feel at home; it will be impossible to forget my experiences there. Palermo made me become a man.

I thought I was joining Manchester United. I was mislead by all involved. I wasn't aware there was another Manchester club.

I feel happy here and want to stay in Milan for ten seasons and then retire at the age of 36.

It would be the completely wrong thing to go into games with fear.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two best teachers in the world.

I think Mbappe will win the Ballon d'Or, there's no doubt about that.

When you are an ex-footballer you want to stay with the one team and one club, and Arsenal is my club.

PSG - I think they had a money problem and they couldn't buy players. This is the main reason I didn't go there.

Since I left France, everything has gone downhill. France needs me, I don't need France. Even if you have Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, it doesn't help you because you don't have God.

Being a defender of Real Madrid means being able to make very few mistakes.

I'm proud to represent my country.

My best skill is the way I go after every ball. I don’t care if it’s the 2nd minute or if it’s the 90th, I always go after it as if it were the last ball

The quality of Neymar, indisputably we have to say he is the best Brazilian player. If the kid is OK, I’ll tell you, it’s almost impossible to stop him.

I wanted my children to be able to see me play at the World Cup.

It's important for the team not to be relying on one player.

I have dreamed of this. This is a historic night for this club and for me, this is my first European title. I will remember this for all my life.

I don't think about money when I make these kinds of decisions. I play for the love of the game. I loved the feeling I got from Real Madrid.

We'll be waiting for him like a wife, waiting for her husband to be released from prison.

Ed Sheeran did what I haven't seen too often before: Make people smile when leaving the Schalke Arena.

I want to finish with dignity so in a good club. It doesn't mean that to go USA or Qatar or Dubai is not good but I don't see myself there.

The Real Madrid shirt is white. It can stain of mud, sweat and even of blood, but never of shame.

We've had many good players through the history of the club at Bayer Leverkusen, but Kai Havertz is one of the best.