Lionel Messi is very much the team player, while Cristiano is very ego-driven.

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

If there's a national-team player, he has to do extra work. He has to do extra weeks, and he can't go on vacation even if he says: 'Well, but I'm supposed now to have six weeks off.' If he comes and says that, then I give him a hug and say: 'Have fun the six weeks, but don't come back here.'

Based on history the expectations are simply the highest, it kind of could become a burden for you or it could be something that you are really proud of, you know so I take the second one.

If the national coach lets decisions be made from outside, he's lost the team.

We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.

I always stressed that I didn't have coaching experience, but that I did have a deadline: June 9.