Knockout Stage Quotes

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

Del Bosque was axed by Madrid for failing to retain the Champions League in 2003 but his sacking triggered the start of a spell when they won nothing for four years and failed to get beyond the Champions League's last 16.

In knockout football, it's one bad game and you're out.

A lot of teams who go on to win trophies lose in quarter-finals or semi-finals first.

The World Cup is a tournament that practically does not allow errors, especially in the final.

I joke that I only play in World Cups.

For Brazil, the World Cup really starts in the knockout rounds.

There are always surprises in the Champions League.

It's disappointing to lose a game with the chance to go into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

It is a cup final and the one who wins it goes through

In the playoffs, it's win or you go home.

How well a team executes its plans is important, but I think keeping nerves under pressure is far more important in the knockout stage.

The Champions League is very difficult - there are so many big teams in Europe, and one bad day, and you can be out.

In football, the Champions league semi-final does not allow you to relax.

Playing away is always tough in the Champions League.

The Champions League is so difficult, It's like a lottery: sometimes you're just unlucky.

In the Champions League, if you can win at home, the draw away is priceless.

Once you reach the knockout stage of a World Cup, the team that holds its nerves wins.

The thing about Champions League football is it can turn on an instant. You can have a very good, solid team over the course of the season, but the Champions League is more like the World Cup, where your fate can be decided in a second and you need a bit of luck too.

Any game in the World Cup is a tough game. The atmosphere brings a lot out of both teams.

The UEFA Cup is now what we focus on. It's a huge game for us in Rome and it's all to play for.

Matches don't come any bigger than FA Cup quarter-finals

I want to be in the playoffs.

Nobody is offered a World Cup.

It's always a good time to play against a team when they come back from Europe, whether it's the Europa League or Champions League.