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    Koke, with the cool confidence befitting a member of this supremely gifted Spanish side, has a rather curt response for his club teammate. "He thinks they are going to win, eh? Well, I have a simple thing to say to him: They have no chance! It's funny, because we haven't even had a chance to play each other on the Playstation in Madrid yet, and here we are going head-to-head in a [FIFA] World Cup." Borja, who has two goals at these finals, allows a little bit of sentimentality to drip into his voice, taking over from his team-mate for both club and country. Full Article at FIFA
    He thinks they are going to win, eh? Well, I have a simple thing to say to him: They have no chance! It's funny, because we haven't even had a chance to play each other on the Playstation in Madrid yet, and here we are going head-to-head in a [FIFA] World Cup.
    SOURCE: FIFA 3 weeks ago
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An Atletico reunion in Kaduna
  1. Of course I think we can beat Spain
    SOURCE: FIFA 3 weeks ago
  2. I saw them [Borja and Koke] here already at the team hotel in Kano [where both of the teams played their third group games] and I told Borja straight-up that if we meet Spain in this tournament, we are going to give them a big whipping
    SOURCE: FIFA 3 weeks ago
  3. What kind of footballer would I be if I didn't? I even think that we can win this whole World Cup here. If we work a little harder, get a little sharper and take more of our chances, there is no reason why we can't go all the way to the final.
    SOURCE: FIFA 3 weeks ago
  4. But here and now there can be no question: I am all about the Celeste shirt, and helping raise my country's name high.
    SOURCE: FIFA 3 weeks ago
  5. Sebastian [Gallegos] only arrived at Atletico in the summer, so I haven't known him long. But in that short time, he has become a very good team-mate and a very close friend of mine.
    SOURCE: FIFA 3 weeks ago
  6. I have affection for Spain as I live there now and play my club football there
    SOURCE: FIFA 3 weeks ago

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