You are not going to be happy if you lose to a goal in the last minute. It is difficult to take and difficult to get out of your mind.

As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.

The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.

David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate.

Attack wins you games, defence wins you titles.

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

It's a conflict of parallels.