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 achieved that, the hunger came back. That fire in your belly, the desire to feel the… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
