Defense Quote by Christian Vieri

Playing in Serie A has helped me a lot to improve as a player, it's helped me to improve my defending.

— Joao Cancelo

I think Serie A has always been a goal of mine to play in one day, because as a defender if you get the…

— Chris Smalling

When you play in Serie A, it's crucial to keep a clear head and use it for more than just scoring goals.

— Krzysztof Piatek

Serie A is a great tournament with many excellent players.

— Franck Ribery

It is very important you have strikers who can run and defend.

— Demba Ba

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.

— Jo Durie

To be good is not enough; you also have to make your team win. And, when you are an attacker, that most often happens…

— Riyad Mahrez

At the highest level, if you don't have a solid defensive base, you can't get by. In one match, yes. But over a whole…

— Didier Deschamps

If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships

— Zeljko Obradovic

Especially going from an attacking player to a defensive player, your whole mindset has to change. You have to work on one-v-one defending versus…

— Crystal Dunn

In what aspect do I feel I have improved in Serie A? I will forever be grateful to this league, to this competition.

— Victor Osimhen

If you can play effective counter-attacking football, as you see in the Premier League, it's very effective.

— Gary Cahill