My football quiz on @kweezzz

Q0.”Please don’t call me arrogant, but I’m European champion and I think I’m ___ _______ ___.” Who said it? Fill in the blanks.
A0.Jose Mourinho , The Special One.

Q1.Identify the 2 in the picture.

A1.Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Voeller.

Q2.He was a FIFA referee in the World Cup qualifier between El Salvador and the Netherlands Antilles in 1988. Soon after this, he had to retire from football refereeing because the FIFA age limit for referees was lowered to 45, and made a slight career change. Who?
A2.Steve Bucknor

Q3.In 1927, to describe the location of the football during a match, Radio Times came up with this grid. What phrase is thought to have originated from it?

A3.Back to square one

Q4.Identify this man and his unique feat.

A4.Peter Beardsley. He played for all 4 Lancashire clubs. (i.e) Manchester United,Manchester City , Everton and Liverpool.

Q5.Connect.

A5.They are Samuel Eto’o , Ronaldo and Luis Figo. They all played for Barcelona , Real Madrid and Inter Milan in their careers.

Q6.Give the exact term for this.

A6.List of UEFA 5 Star Stadia. (Stadia which can host UCL Finals)

Q7.What is so special about this moment? (Iceland 3 – 0 Latvia, April 24 1996)

A7.Gudjohnsen’s – first case of son replacing father in a match. (Amor Gudjohnsen replaced by his son Eidur)

Q8.Link this anime character to football.

A8.Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero. The Japanese anime character in the picture is Kun after which Aguero got his nickname.

Q9.Connect.

A9.Stadium of Light. (Sunderland’s stadium is Stadium of Light and Benfica’s is Estadio da Luz which means Stadium of Light)

Q10.Currently, Akademisk Boldklub or AB is a Danish professional football club from Copenhagen, playing currently in the second tier of Danish football. When it was formed(in 1889), the only requirement to play there was that one must be a university student. X and his brother Harald played a number of games for the club, (X was goalkeeper, Harald was a half back), before X became well known in a totally different field.Identify X.
A10.Niels Bohr

Q11.The 1950 FIFA football World Cup final produced one of the great upsets in history, with Uruguay defeating Brazil (2-1), against all expectations. So great was the aftermath of the game, that it resulted in Brazil changing something to what is very familiar to us these days. What happened?
A11.Change of Jersey colour to the famous yellow and green

Q12.Connect. A single word will do

A12.Ronaldinho (Sandro Rosell , the current barca president was hugely responsible for bringing Ronaldinho to Varca from PSG using his ties with Nike.)

Q13.About whom did Fiorentino Perez say
“We will not miss ________. His technique is average, he lacks the speed and skill to take the ball past opponents, and ninety percent of his distribution either goes backwards or sideways. He wasn’t a header of the ball and he rarely passed the ball more than three metres. Younger players will arrive who will cause ________ to be forgotten.“
and about his departure and a subsequent acquisition, Zidane remarked
“Why put another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you are losing the entire engine?”
A13.Claude Makelele.

Q14.Just complete the two blanks.
“Maradona Good , Pele Better , ______ ____ ”
A14.George Best

Q15.This duo first came together at Sporting Lisbon when X needed an interpreter. Y took up the job. X was sacked from Sporting and appointed as the manager of Porto. Y followed him as interpreter. X was then appointed as the coach of Barcelona. Y followed him. X then became manager of PSV. Y remained and became assistant manager of Barcelona. Identify X and Y.
A15.X – Bobby Robson Y – Jose Mourinho