"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."

"Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."

"This game is, I think, what my children would describe as 'pants'."

"There's no in between - you're either good or bad. We were in between."