Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.

You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.

Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.

I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.

Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic.

Without the ball, you can't win.