Coaches Quote by Wojciech Szczesny

In Italy, the coaches are very attentive to the details. They really study things, and that is a big difference here. They look at…

— Kaka

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

— Antonio Rudiger

When there is a solid base of Italian players, those who come in take their example, and then everyone is working in the same…

— Andrea Pirlo

It's always like that with Italian teams, they're competitive, they know what they want and they know how to get it.

— Sergio Busquets

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

— Gonzalo Higuain

Italians work hard physically and tactically.

— Marcos Alonso

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

— Bojan Krkic

When I was in Italy, I liked to say, no, that the manager, the coach, is like a tailor. A tailor who must build…

— Antonio Conte

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

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

The national team can do so much for Italian football, as can even lads who no-one knows or who play in the lower Leagues.

— Roberto Mancini

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