Become Quote by Gonzalo Higuain

I've turned into a full-back who pushes forwards whereas in Italy usually the full-back concentrates more on defending.

— Ciro Immobile

The defenders in Italy are stronger, and that makes me better. Serie A is played in a different way to other leagues.

— Gonzalo Higuain

In my time at Milan, the club played with a 4-3-1-2 formation, and I was the player behind the two strikers. At Real, I…

— Kaka

I think I can play with three defenders. I'm capable of doing it.

— Jordi Alba

In Italy, you must think faster than defenders. It is a tough school.

— Paulo Dybala

Normally, I am a player who can play in different positions, but never in defence.

— Georginio Wijnaldum

It's like after uni when you go to do a master's. Italy is like that for defenders.

— Marcos Alonso

From a player's point of view, you can learn a lot in Italy tactically.

— Antonio Rudiger

Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?

— Samir Nasri

The only way you can play with three strikers - which we did at Juventus - is if the three work really hard, and…

— Gianluca Vialli

It's a big challenge for a defender to prove yourself in a country like Italy as a non-Italian.

— Matthijs de Ligt

Growing up in Australia and the way I was raised, my dad told me to play as a team and to be a team…

— Ben Simmons