The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.

I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.

I think boring is a team that plays at home and can not score a goal.

Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea’s goal for many years. I had in my hands a 22-year-old goalkeeper I thought could be in Chelsea’s goals for years and years and years and this situation is quite similar.

Football is a game based on emotion and intelligence. Anyone can be clever, the trick is not to think the other guy is stupid.