Frank Rijkaard Time Quotations

He has just played two very important games and he suffered a knock in the last one. He needs time to recover properly.

Mathematically after this latest game we've taken another step towards the league title which each time is getting that little bit closer.

We had to wait a long time to see if they would play the game. The good thing, though, is that we didn't have to use any energy.

This game is our big opportunity to consolidate ourselves as one of the top clubs. We're a young team that still has a lot of hunger for victories, but it's time to show it at the international level.

It will be a very interesting game against a strong side. They've played at a consistently high level for a long time now. I've already played against Milan as a player and as a coach, so it's just another game featuring two strong teams and that's it.

I don't know if it was the correct decision or not but what I can say is that it was good to be able to conserve ourselves. We had to a wait a long time before we knew what was happening though, and this wasn't very good.

I cannot say at this moment whether it was the right decision or not. The only thing I can say is that it is good that we did not use any energy as the decision was a long time in coming. We waited quite a while for the decision to say if we played or not. There was a lot of suspense and that was not good.