Some of my worst moments in football have been losing semi-finals, the Barcelona game in 2009 probably more than most. But you… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
Pierluigi Gollini is a highly-rated goalkeeper in Italy, he's young, a good shot-stopper, he comes for crosses, he's good with his feet. — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what country but I need to be challenged by it. I need to feel the ambition of the club.… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
Pre-season is a lot of hard work and no player really enjoys it, but you look forward to the start of the… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
Obviously if there is a Chinese player that has the quality and the ability we will certainly be looking to recruit. — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
Obviously you do get influenced by former managers. That's normal. You try to build your own coaching philosophies. I've played for Arrigo… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
It's the biggest challenge for any manager to play against the best team in the world, but for every player as well. — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
What I believe is that we need a united group, people who are willing to fight for the club in the Championship.… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
I still did some things in football, but I needed to get away from the game. I needed closure. And once I… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
For most players it's hard to accept you've ended your football career and that you have to go out and do something… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
I believe in passing football with a purpose. You have to be physically strong and sometimes, in some games, you have to… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
I had a great career, to go from a small town in Switzerland to play for the Italian national team was a… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
We were under pressure at West Brom to get promoted and to stay up, even if, at a big club like Chelsea,… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
You have to kind of sustain a level of performance in the Championship to be able to come out of it at… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
Every session we do we try and talk about the way we want to play, I try to organize the sessions in… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
My football philosophy is to win as many games as possible. Brand of football? I believe in mixing a bit of everything.… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
I still wish Chelsea and all the players every success. I spent so many years connected to the club. One incident is… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
We want to challenge ourselves against the top teams in the world and are happy to be competing on so many fronts.… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share Image
I still did some things in football, but I needed to get away from the game. I needed closure. And once I felt I'd… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
We were under pressure at West Brom to get promoted and to stay up, even if, at a big club like Chelsea, the pressures… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
I had a very traumatic end to my career so I didn't think I would become a manager then. As the years pass by… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
You have to kind of sustain a level of performance in the Championship to be able to come out of it at the end… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
It's a daily plan to solve the problems thrown at us and emerge stronger. You pick things up on the way, and you even… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
My football philosophy is to win as many games as possible. Brand of football? I believe in mixing a bit of everything. You have… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
There was not much money around, but my sister and I were happy. All the sports facilities were 10 minutes' walk from my house… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
It was something I always wanted to do, to own a restaurant, because I love food. But particularly when I first moved to London,… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
Every session we do we try and talk about the way we want to play, I try to organize the sessions in a way… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
I don't forget my roots. My father was an emigrant from Italy who worked in a steel factory. My mother worked part-time. When my… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
Every day I become a bit more of a support mechanism. It wasn't difficult at all to make the change. Would I go back… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
Well, I grew up in Switzerland where my parents were immigrant workers, but my whole family are very good cooks - my father also.… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
I believe in passing football with a purpose. You have to be physically strong and sometimes, in some games, you have to be more… — Roberto Di Matteo Copy Share
