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World Cup 2018 quotes quiz: who said what in Russia?

Paul Pogba
What’s that you say? Photograph: Dave Shopland/BPI/Rex Shutterstock
  1. Quote 1

    Who said ...

    1. Stanislav Cherchesov

    2. Juan Carlos Osorio

    3. Gareth Southgate

    4. Carlos Queiroz

  2. Quote 2

    Who said ...

    1. Juan Antonio Pizzi

    2. Julen Lopetegui

    3. Joachim Löw

    4. Fernando Hierro

  3. Quote 3

    Who said ...

    1. Martin Keown

    2. Mark Lawrenson

    3. Phil Neville

    4. Ally McCoist

  4. Quote 4

    Who said ...

    1. Vladimir Putin

    2. Stanislav Cherchesov

    3. Denis Cheryshev

    4. Danny Murphy

  5. Quote 5

    Who said ...

    1. Harry Kane

    2. Harry Maguire

    3. Jordan Pickford

    4. Gareth Southgate

  6. Quote 6

    Who said ...

    1. Kyle Walker

    2. Dejan Lovren

    3. Harry Maguire

    4. Toby Alderweireld

  7. Quote 7

    Who said...

    1. Tite

    2. Roberto Martínez

    3. Juan Carlos Osorio

    4. Roy Keane

  8. Quote 8

    Who said...

    1. Jorge Sampaoli

    2. Diego Maradona

    3. Aliou Cissé

    4. Juan Carlos Osorio

  9. Quote 9

    Who said...

    1. René Higuita

    2. Diego Maradona

    3. Carlos Valderrama

    4. Roy Keane

  10. Quote 10

    Who said...

    1. Luka Modric

    2. Kylian Mbappé

    3. Ivan Perisic

    4. Harry Kane

Solutions

1:D - The Iran coach said his team's work ethic, not individual ability, had helped them to complete a smash-and-grab win over Morocco in their World Cup opener., 2:B - The sacked Spain manager insists he did nothing wrong by accepting the Real Madrid job just days before Spain's opening World Cup match against Portugal., 3:D - The former Scotland striker and ITV co-commentator gives Jon Champion a history lesson during Brazil v Mexico's last 16 clash., 4:B - The Russia manager references the 19th-century playwright to sum up how he believes his team willl play against Croatia in the quarter-final., 5:B - The Leicester defender talks about his large head after powering home a header during England's 2-0 defeat of Sweden in the last eight., 6:B - The Liverpool centre-back left humility in the dressing-room as he made this bold claim after Croatia beat England in the semi-final., 7:C - The Mexico coach spoke for many observers when summing up Neymar's theatrics in Russia., 8:B - Well, who else? Diego watched Argentina v Iceland while chuffing on a big fat cigar. This behaviour was mild compared to his antics when Argentina beat Nigeria, though., 9:B - Argentina might have been knocked out but Diego still had plenty to say about England's penalty shootout victory over Colombia., 10:A - The Croatia captain and player of the tournament believes his side deserved to win the World Cup, not France.

Scores

  1. 1 and above.

    Oh dear

  2. 2 and above.

    Not so good

  3. 3 and above.

    Not so good

  4. 4 and above.

    Pretty decent

  5. 5 and above.

    Pretty decent

  6. 6 and above.

    Nice work

  7. 7 and above.

    Nice work

  8. 8 and above.

    Lovely stuff

  9. 9 and above.

    Lovely stuff

  10. 0 and above.

    Oh dear

  11. 10 and above.

    Perfection

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