Big Quote by Matthijs de Ligt

Playing against an Italian team is harder than all the other leagues. The Italians won't score lots of goals, but they won't concede many,…

— Paul Pogba

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

Italy do not only defend; they can attack, too. They have attacking qualities, and they create chances.

— Julen Lopetegui

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 Italy they ask a lot of defenders. It's not possible to make a mistake. They're hard on them.

— Matthijs de Ligt

As a defender it can also be more frustrating to play in Italy because referees do not tolerate too much physical contact. I loved…

— Jaap Stam

There is certainly a future for Italian football, as we have pride, ability, determination, and after bad tumbles, we always find a way to…

— Gianluigi Buffon

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

— Paulo Dybala

The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.

— Gregory Corso

I don't like the Italian approach. I don't want to be involved in that kind of football.

— Craig Bellamy

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

— Alan Hansen