Defence Quote by Gregory Corso

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

I have been fascinated by the Italian way of defending from an early age.

— Matthijs de Ligt

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

— Matthijs de Ligt

In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.

— Juan Manuel Fangio

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of…

— Anonymous

I am very proud to be Italian.

— Madonna Ciccone

I was lucky enough to play for the top three Italian clubs during the golden era of Italian football, so I have no regrets.

— Andrea Pirlo

I know a lot of people want to see me fight in Italy.

— Paulie Malignaggi

I'm very grateful to Italian football for the opportunity it has given me.

— Mauro Icardi

People have an image of Italians. When I go somewhere in the world, I don't care where it is, when they look at me…

— Danny Aiello

On the field I defend our colours, love our flag and sing our anthem. I could not be more Italian than I am now.

— Gianluigi Buffon

My Italian adventure was positive because I improved a lot in tactical terms, most of all defensively, which is something I hadn't worked on…

— Bojan Krkic