We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful.

We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.