The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.

Choose the best player for every position, and you'll end up not with a strong XI, but with 11 strong 1's.

I can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the one that goes beyond the limits of logic.

Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.

Technique is not being able to juggle a ball 1000 times. Anyone can do that by practicing. Then you can work in the circus. Technique is passing the ball with one touch, with the right speed, at the right foot of your team mate.

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

A counter-attack can only arise when you make a mistake. That's why there are rules. A horizontal pass? Prohibited. In my line-up there are as many lines as possible. Because you must have the option to pass the ball forward, even if it's a meter. Because then I can still make up for the loss of possession. After a horizontal pass this is impossible.