“Football is the best, is the biggest sport in the world. It is the biggest family in the world is the football. The same passion you have here in Turkey, we have in Brazil, they have in Russia, they have in Germany, they have... you know football is the only sport where you put people together, you know, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is the beauty of football.”
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