Criticise Quote by Sven-Goran Eriksson

In Italy, you lose a game, you can't walk out of the stadium without having a police escort. You lose a game in England…

— Gianluca Vialli

In Italy, one game you win and score, you cannot go in the street because the people are so enthusiastic, and when you lose…

— Bojan Krkic

Just because some idiots say things, I don't need to involve the whole of Italy in that, I like Italy and had a great…

— Antonio Rudiger

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

— Matthijs de Ligt

Italians have a very closed life. Football is all their life is.

— Gianfranco Zola

Football in Italy is like a wonderful sickness, because people are infected with this love for the sport from childhood to old age.

— Dries Mertens

I'm definitely not going back to Italy willingly. They'll have to catch me and pull me back kicking and screaming into a prison that…

— Amanda Knox

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

— Craig Bellamy

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

— Marcos Alonso

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

In Italy, you're in your comfort zone when it comes to language, lifestyle, your habits and preparations, and moving abroad is not easy. It's…

— Antonio Conte

In Italy, football is too important. There is more pressure on coaches, teams, directors. Now is not a good moment for football in Italy.…

— Carlo Ancelotti