Robert Pires
Robert Pires
Robert Emmanuel Pirèsis a retired French footballer...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth29 October 1973
CityReims, France
cup difficult european public tournament understand
This is the European Championship here. This tournament is even more difficult than the World Cup finals. It's frustrating that the public doesn't understand this.
liked pleased remind
I will remind him of that one for sure, ... I was pleased with that, I liked it very much.
ashley catch heard kicking pitch step
I heard what Ashley Cole said about kicking me if he has to, but he will have to catch me first. When we step out on to the pitch on Sunday, all friendships will be forgotten.
ashley spoken
I haven't spoken to Sol or Ashley yet,
beckham given match proved save
If Beckham had scored the match would have been over. There was no way for us to come back, ... The save proved that we were still in the game, that we had not given it up.
leaves room
This leaves very little room for our strikers to show their skill.
defensive maybe
Maybe we should play in a more defensive manner,
personal problem
He has a big problem in his personal life.
commit free
I am now free to commit myself to another club.
croatia players playing space stop
Croatia will not give us any space and will try to stop us playing our game. We must find a way to adapt, but we have the players to do that,
brag colors defending gentle
We will say nothing to them, we will not brag about it. It's not our style, ... They were defending their colors and we were defending ours. It will be kind and gentle in training.