Giorgio Chiellini Quotes

When someone like Lukaku gets you in the position where he's holding you off it is key to try and nick it in front of him.

I'm a coach who likes to have the ball, but what I really think is, 'How can you be in charge of the game?' I think, but maybe I am the only one, that the defensive process can take care of the game. Why is that? Because teams wait to defend. If you create something where you go to defend, to steal the ball where you want, it's different.

I experienced that the ball is the most important thing. When you have the ball, the other team really can't do anything.

We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.

I always try and get as many as touches as I can with the ball because that's the most important thing for me as a player is to feel comfortable in that way.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

When I don't have control of the ball, what do I do? I press to get it back. It's a way of defending. But more important is that I like to have the ball. That's why I believe in individual coaching sessions to prepare players properly.

When I don't have control of the ball, what do I do? I press to get it back. It's a way of defending.

There's two sides to the game, and you have to do the ugly side as well. If you're getting beat, and you're conceding the goals that we're getting beaten by, then it's because you're not defending and shutting people down well enough.

It is very tough to beat an English team. The type of football they play is only in the Premier League. They defend as though their lives depend on it. And they are very successful.

I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.

What interests Chiellini and I is not conceding goals. We're able to create chances and it makes us happy when we take them.

I think I have that ability to win the ball back quickly when we lose it.

When we have to defend, I just try to recover the ball for the team because it's important, but I always try to go forward when we have the ball.

I do not like to use a player solely to make a member of the opposing team, for one simple reason: when we cannot retrieve the ball, we are forced to defend with ten men, giving the opponents an advantage.

For me it's more difficult to play against the quicker wingers, but for the team it's perhaps more difficult to face players that are good passers, because one through ball can take the whole team out of the game.

The most important thing to me is how hard we go after the ball and take care of it.

When teams train now, it is about what they do with the ball and, if they lose it, how quickly they press to win it back.

Any time you can get the ball back to the offense and they put points on the board, you can win games.

In football you need to look to make life difficult for the opponent.

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.

Harry Kane is a very complicated player to stop.

Keeping up your concentration is one of the hardest tasks when you're a centre-back because a team like Bayern tend to dominate and can give you sense of false security.

The most important thing is to be a midfielder first, not scoring goals. You have to make the game, make an assist for the team, and if you can score, it's a plus for the team.