I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.

If Messi is the best in the world, it's only because Cristiano is from another planet.

Without emotional control you cannot play, influence; you cannot react. You have to know what you have to do and not react. You have to be cool.

It is like when you go to war: we have to know how our enemies attack and defend.

I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once. I have only been managing for five years and I have the same amount of Champions League trophies to my name.

You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.