Sol Campbell

Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell (born 18 September 1974) is an English professional football manager and former player. Quotes We needed to win, We needed to win because you just never know in the play-offs. We needed to show the world, we needed to show Germany, that this is a proper team. Germany were probably thinking, 'We've got this one, But we showed that inner strength, the quality came out, and I think that goal settled us down and we said, 'Let's get on with this. We can do this. We've got nothing to lose now.' Not in a gung-ho way, but let's play to the best of our abilities and let's see if they can handle it. And we did. We started to play attacking football as if we were playing in the Premiership, We had a lot of guys who were thirsty for success, and also a lot of guys who have been in a lot of games where, if you sit back, you get done. As long as a chance revealed itself, we went for it. We didn't hold back. We obviously needed a good base for those guys to show their abilities a little bit more. We all knew our jobs, and also the importance of the game. But the main thing [was] we allowed all the players to be themselves and just get the maximum out, and everybody was on that level. Germany, on that day, just couldn't handle [us] – we went to another level. We rolled our luck every now and again, but that's football. But in general, we were just unstoppable, and definitely Michael Owen was for sure. Everything just clicked. It was great When you look at Germany and what they've done, the things they've won and the players they've produced, to win there in that manner after going 1-0 down early on, it meant so much to everybody, Sometimes you might've thought you were on a different planet. How is this happening? It was happening because we were quality players, we were at the top of our game and everyone was hungry. You've got the crowd there but it's mostly all Germans, and they're expecting a resounding, crushing win, but it was the reverse and we played our hearts out. It's a match that I will never forget, because everything around it was massive and gigantic: from history to football, to players, to stadiums, to everything. We were titans. Campbell: Germany couldn't handle us, September 01 2026 External links Category:1974 births Category:Football (soccer) coaches Category:Soccer players from England Category:Living people