Change Quote by Joao Cancelo

Italian football is great but for me, for the style of player I am, I found it too tactical, too slow.

— Djibril Cisse

Italian football is just how I imagined it to be - far more tactical than the Spanish game which is based on technique.

— Bojan Krkic

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

— Matthijs de Ligt

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

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

I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the…

— Dennis Bergkamp

Technically I have always been good, tactically I improved a lot in Italy. It was a time of learning, I liked living in Turin…

— Joao Cancelo

Italian football has a lot of appeal, even though it must improve.

— Gianluca Vialli

The one thing I learnt going to Italy was there's no real change in how the game should be played, but how players look…

— Graeme Souness

I have spent a lot of time in Italy throughout my career - especially when I was karting, because it's kind of the world…

— Lewis Hamilton

It was a great two years in Italy, I played a lot of games and gained experience in a different league. So you pick…

— Marcos Alonso