International Match Quotes

It was my proudest moment as a manager when England drew 0-0 with Italy in Rome to qualify for the World Cup finals. Fifteen years later, the stakes are equally high for both countries as they go head-to-head for a semi-final place at the European Championship.

The previous year it had taken England all their time to beat the full German team in an international and I had taken with me the programme from that match.

I've said before that the Ryder Cup is not the European Tour versus the American Tour. It's Europe's best golfers against the US.

Coming to the game, my first time with England at Wembley, it's a special moment.

I love playing England. The teas at Lord's are good quality.

It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.

There are two teams against whom my energy is always very high: India and Australia.

With Ajax, I played Mexico in Mexico City, and our players could hardly keep up for half the match.

When I was 19 I came to play a friendly against England and I really liked how they played and how passionate the fans are.

When you're playing against a European side, you want to show that we can play too. You want to prove MLS is a good league when you're playing against those teams.

I've got an England shirt hung up in my house from when I was an unused sub against Denmark. I cherish that.

Give me a great Champions League game or an exciting Premier League game ahead of an international match and I'd love that to reverse. A lot of people have lost interest in England games, it is quite hard to watch.

It would be fantastic to play against Germany and Brazil.

I have had to work hard to get in the starting XI for England.

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

We had thousands of people outside Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. We would wait to get inside to watch a Test at six o'clock in the morning.

As a kid, you always dream to play at Lord's. Unfortunately, we missed playing at Lord's in 2014 as the match was washed out.

There is always great significance playing against India, and it is always special and a treat for people in both countries.