Football Quotes by Roberto Di Matteo

21 Football quotes by Roberto Di Matteo

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From player to manager, Di Matteo’s journey informs his commentary. In this set of twenty‑one snippets you’ll find the blend of tactical insight and personal experience that marks his voice.

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You can win the Champions League in the worst season.

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In the FA Cup, you always have to expect the unexpectable

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Obviously you do get influenced by former managers. That's normal. You try to build your own coaching philosophies. I've played for Arrigo…

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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.

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What I believe is that we need a united group, people who are willing to fight for the club in the Championship.…

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Obviously if there is a Chinese player that has the quality and the ability we will certainly be looking to recruit.

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Some of my worst moments in football have been losing semi-finals, the Barcelona game in 2009 probably more than most. But you…

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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.

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It doesn't matter what country but I need to be challenged by it. I need to feel the ambition of the club.…

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Pre-season is a lot of hard work and no player really enjoys it, but you look forward to the start of the…

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I believe in passing football with a purpose. You have to be physically strong and sometimes, in some games, you have to…

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For most players it's hard to accept you've ended your football career and that you have to go out and do something…

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I still did some things in football, but I needed to get away from the game. I needed closure. And once I…

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We were under pressure at West Brom to get promoted and to stay up, even if, at a big club like Chelsea,…

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I had a great career, to go from a small town in Switzerland to play for the Italian national team was a…

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We want to challenge ourselves against the top teams in the world and are happy to be competing on so many fronts.…

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I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions…

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I still wish Chelsea and all the players every success. I spent so many years connected to the club. One incident is…

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My football philosophy is to win as many games as possible. Brand of football? I believe in mixing a bit of everything.…

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You have to kind of sustain a level of performance in the Championship to be able to come out of it at…

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Every session we do we try and talk about the way we want to play, I try to organize the sessions in…

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I feel responsible. That's the way my personality is.

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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…

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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…

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My football philosophy is to win as many games as possible. Brand of football? I believe in mixing a bit of everything. You have…

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There was not much money around, but my sister and I were happy. All the sports facilities were 10 minutes' walk from my house…

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It was something I always wanted to do, to own a restaurant, because I love food. But particularly when I first moved to London,…

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Every session we do we try and talk about the way we want to play, I try to organize the sessions in a way…

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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…

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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…

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Well, I grew up in Switzerland where my parents were immigrant workers, but my whole family are very good cooks - my father also.…

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You can win the Champions League in the worst season.

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I believe in passing football with a purpose. You have to be physically strong and sometimes, in some games, you have to be more…

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