Claude Makelele Quotations

had suffered a slight emotional upset caused by his personal and professional situation.

It is more a case of us giving the goals away than a product of our opponents play, ... We need to organize better, but let's also not be blind to the fact we are up against good opposition.

We have to win that last match, no matter how.

The question is not whether we play well or play badly. It's to play to win. Nobody will remember the way we qualified once we are in Germany.

Every team that comes to Chelsea , they close the game,

The words in the newspaper were never said by me.

On Thursday I'm going to train with all the enthusiasm in the world together with my Madrid teammates as always,

Some people may have expected us to drop points at Liverpool or get beaten. We didn't do that, we won emphatically in the end which sends out a statement. A lot of talk comes when you're the champions. I remember back to Man United and Arsenal winning the league and people do have a go when you're top. The art of it is to be strong enough to use that to motivate and we did that. We showed our character and our strength.

Now a good team plays to make it difficult for me. A player comes for me and stays with me when I bring the ball forward to give it to a midfielder or striker. It is my job but it is difficult sometimes in the match.

The Greeks play very well on the counter,