"We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head."

"The midfield are like a chef, trying to open a stubborn oyster to get at the fleshy meat inside."

"The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related."

"When I said they'd scored two goals, of course I meant they'd scored one."

"Referee Norlinger is outstanding in the sense that he stands out."

"It's a tense time for managers. They have to exhume confidence."

"The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem."

"It's a case of him losing les marbles."

"We just ran out of legs."

"Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some. Or occasionally."

"There's Thierry Henry, exploding like the French train that he is."

"For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls."

"Pires has got something about him, he can go both ways depending on who's facing him."

"Zola's got two feet."

"He's got a brain under his hair."

"Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes."

"A game is not won until it is lost."

"We are now in the middle of the centre of the first half."

"If we had taken our chances we would have won, at least."

"I was a young lad when I was growing up."