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There are matches you have to win, but when you realise that you cannot win, you have to make sure you don't lose.
The difference in economic potential between clubs in Italy, those in England, or the big two in Spain is very high.
If the opponents are really clammed up, you need to pass around them. If they leave gaps, you pass between the lines.
Tevez is an extraordinary striker. Not only does he score goals, but he also helps his teammates and the midfield, too.
I have always been convinced of my qualities and never doubted what I'm capable of, even if a coach is judged by his results.
I've always said that to win the Champions League, you need to reach a certain stage in good form and with good fitness levels.
Work is important, but you also need to disconnect, to unplug at times, in order to be even more concentrated when you do work.
Padoin is proving himself to be a great professional. He's tactically intelligent, and it's tough to play in front of the defense.
I think a coach, like a business leader who has people under him, needs to know how to wait patiently for the results of the work.
The VAR was introduced to reduce controversies, and instead, they have increased - possibly because we Italians like to stoke them.
In every match, there are difficult decisions; sometimes they go in your favour and sometimes against. You need to be able to accept them.
At the end of the day, in football, you need more than technique to win. You need other values that can push you on during difficult times.
Football is not an exact science, but it is about chemistry: Ronaldo and Mandzukic, when they are together, have an excellent understanding.
I've learned that football is a stupid sport for intelligent people because the simplest things are truly also the most difficult to get right.
The lower you go down the levels, the more players think they need to hang on to the ball to prove how talented they are, but that's not football.
I have felt like a 'juventino' since I set foot here. Here, you have 12 million supporters; everyone else has their team and then roots against us.
Unfortunately, in football, sometimes you think that things might go one way, but eventually, they take an unexpected turn or head in another direction.
You have to focus more in Serie A, because in the Champions League, focusing happens automatically, as there are not as many matches, and they are all tough.
I had Ibra at Milan, who every day would get angry about a misplaced pass, and I told him that if everyone was as talented as him, there would be no problems.
In life, things do not always stay the same. There are certain alchemies that marry together at particular moments in particular places with particular people.
Niang is very good in front of the goal, and he's also a quick learner. He is a versatile striker who can play both as a centre forward and as a second striker.
I had a few passionate discussions with my own coaches, but it wasn't for more playing time or anything like that. It was because, even then, I wanted to run the team my own way.
Any player over 40-50 games per season will have moments of fatigue, let alone a 22-year-old who has a lot to learn on how to control games and pace himself throughout 90 minutes.
We need to start from a presupposition: namely, that there is no 'better' football and no 'worse' kind of football, just different styles and cultures that belong to each country.
I am very busy. I work hard all the time. But I also need to relax; I need to disconnect. That's why I like horse-racing, spending time with my friends. It helps me to recover energy.
I work every year with my players towards improving ourselves and growing in terms of the way we play. The psychological aspect and the management of human resources are also very important.
In Europe, matches are different because you play a lot on a one-on-one basis. There's less tactical importance in the Champions League. The value of the individual player makes the difference.
If we want football to be a sport that is no longer a sport, then use VAR on every incident. However, if we get to March, where every point becomes decisive, then games can last three or four hours.
In Italy... people think that they can win matches with only systems. I say this is impossible because, otherwise, there wouldn't be players that cost 100 million euros and others who cost 1 million.
I train with joy and fun, because if I'm not persuaded by the squad at my disposal, I try changing things around, moving players into new positions, and trying something different; otherwise, I get bored.
It's going to be a pleasure to coach Cristiano Ronaldo. Certainly, he's one of the top players in the world next to Lionel Messi, and I'm looking forward to the privilege of coaching such a fantastic player.
In my view, technology should only be used on objective situations - offside, in or out of the box, over the line or not - but when it comes to subjective situations, people are never going to agree. That's sport.
When I stopped playing and became a coach, I realised that in the past, all the arguments that I had with my coaches were mainly focussed on the technical aspects, and probably that was the biggest signal that I had to have things done my way!
I always say that there are manufactured coaches and natural coaches. I am one of the natural ones. I do not have to sit there and watch videos for hours. I look at what I have to watch, and in a quarter of an hour, I understand what I can understand.
Nobody should imagine that they could go to England and change the way that football is played there. Just as nobody should imagine that they could come to Italy and change the culture or the DNA of Italian football. Or even the DNA of the club where they work.