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It's the biggest challenge for any manager to play against the best team in the world, but for every player as well.
Obviously if there is a Chinese player that has the quality and the ability we will certainly be looking to recruit.
Heaven is the place where the donkey finally catches up with his carrot: hell is the eternity while he waits for it.
I don't want to go back to the national team and play the hypocrite when some of them asked for me to be kicked out.
Tactically, I know how to play on one side even though I remain convinced that I can play better through the middle.
Messi won 3 Ballons d'Or and is competing for another one. He will be the best player in the world until he retires.
You can't obviously predict the future, but I am a fan of the United States and soccer over there continues to grow.
Football is like a rollercoaster and if you keep dwelling on what's happened in the past you're never going to move.
I tried to nutmeg him. It never came off and he gave me a slap on the back of the head and told me to start behaving
Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.
Coaches give you too much information. Ive been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.
WE HAD AN AMAZING STAY AT SURF AND SUNSET VILLA. THE WHOLE FAMILY REALLY ENJOYED THE HOLIDAY AND THE SURF WAS GREAT!
If a footballer is well motivated and has various things to motivate him every day, he will keep achieving his goals.
When you are one of the best coaches in the world, it is normal to attract bad reviews if you lose a couple of games.
I played with many champions, but the important thing is always the team, as the group goes beyond any single player.
If you want to achieve something and have results and win competitions at a high level, you have to defend as a team.
I have lots of energy, but that doesn't happen like magic. I put in many extra hours in the gym and with the physios.
I want to try to have fun as long as I can and play football at a high level. I do not know how long that will go on.
Im looking forward to the World Cup because I believe Wayne Rooney could be one of the major finds in world football.
If you are lucky, you go to a team like Porto to mature. And if things don't go well for you, others take your place.
I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.
Cristiano works hard. We have our battles, but I admire him. He is a guy with great dedication, and he's competitive.
Everything Neymar does turns into news. If he gets emotional, they criticise. If he colours his hair, they criticise.
I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.
I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.
The best league in the world is the Premier League, so I am so happy to be here playing with and against big players.
I think we have to be positive and think about what we can do now because the past is the past - we cannot change it.
I dont want to return to France, because Ive won everything there - league title, cup, best player, best young player
We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.
I have always been the same player, but Conte knows how to treat players, having played at the highest level himself.
I'm somebody who can laugh even at myself. That happens now and again, when I've made a mess of really simple things.
This whole science thing of working out if players are a little bit tired just gives you an excuse to leave them out.
We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
I arrived when I was a kid; I was just 17. I would have liked to have played more, but I learned a lot in Manchester.
The defenders in Italy are stronger, and that makes me better. Serie A is played in a different way to other leagues.
I always experience each game the same way, but the Clasico has something extra because you can't play one every day.
Cristiano is unlucky to be playing in the same era as Messi. Ronaldo is a very good player, but Messi is even better.
I went to Bournemouth and had a great time. The idea was just to prove to myself that I can still play at that level.
For me, Raheem Sterling is a fantastic player, and he's been brilliant for England. I hope he will stay at Liverpool.
I know it's hard to follow the example of another team in the same country, but that's what you have to do sometimes.
Over the course of a season, you'll get goals that are good disallowed and you'll get disallowed goals that are good.
The trick is to smoke a cigarette to calm your nerves and then take a big swig of strong liquor to tone your muscles.
I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me, soccer was life.
I want to be the strongest player in the world and score a lot of goals. To do that, I have to improve in every area.
You need a certain amount of inner aggression, a bit of anger about you and the others in order to give your maximum.
My dear, if heaven is truly a place, then it is situated in your heart, that special place, that was reserved for me.
Circulation of the ball is important, but it's only useful if you can give it to someone who can make the difference.
To believe in miracles in one thing...to know what miracle you want to manifest right now, and accept it, is another.
I like to go out and have fun with my friends. I have family, too, so why can't I go out to clubs? I can, and I will.
When you see a person you love being affected, suffering, people saying things that aren't true... then it hurts you.