Gerard Pique Quotes

Anything can happen in the Clasico.

I think the Swansea-Cardiff rivalry is good.

It's always difficult to face Barcelona. They always have top-quality players.

I also had a chance to play in Brazil for Vasco against Flamengo, the local rivals in Rio. So it is the sort of game the players like to play in, and I like the atmosphere, the build-up, and all the preparations throughout the week. You want to be involved in these kind of games.

It's never easy to play against City.

Sometimes in a derby it is not always easy to see a very good game with big quality but the power of one derby means you can see good things happen after one result.

Normally in the past whenever Everton have beaten Liverpool, the accusation was that they wanted it a little bit more.

In England, there are big games but nothing like the Clasico. Manchester United versus Liverpool is a really great match, probably the best over there. But Barcelona-Madrid is different to any other game in the world.

There are no words to describe the Clasico. It is totally different and the most important game in the world.

I always experience each game the same way, but the Clasico has something extra because you can't play one every day.

With all franchise cricket going on around in the world, the intensity of the game, sometimes is a burden.

It is always pressure out there when you are favourite for the match.

The only ones who would be happy if Messi doesn't go to the World Cup would be Maradona fans because, that way, they can keep saying that he's the best.

Villarreal have played well against difficult opponents. They're never an easy team to beat.

It's always complicated to play against Italy.

I'm grateful to play at Wembley - it is a very historical place - but it is not the same feeling as White Hart Lane.

Historically, Barcelona win La Liga when they win the Champions League.

The pressure of an India-Pakistan game is immense.

I'm used to playing under pressure. In the Premier League, there are big players and big teams - we are used to it.

Argentina against Brazil is the most important derby between national teams.

As a player it was always not easy to play against Australia. It was always very difficult.

I know it sounds silly, but no one really anticipates just how mentally and emotionally taxing and unbelievably physically grueling it is to be the Bachelor.

The competition for World Cup places is massive, and you can't just rest on what you've done in the past or anything like that.

When it's a clash between two big teams, you know your players will concentrate.