Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think "ok, we can take it easy now", while the team with 10 will think "We really have to work hard now."

Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.

The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.

Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.

There are very few players who know what to do when they're not marked. So sometimes you tell a player: that attacker is very good, but don't mark him.