The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. |
The importance of this win is enormous. The performance today was up and down. We knew it would be a difficult game and that Wales would fight for every ball. |
The priority is a sage, inspiring, leader-by-example who is unyielding in principle and valor. |
The team is stronger and technically better and much more experienced. I have a confident team, much more confident than four years ago. They know they can beat any team. |
They had some great chances in the first half and David James saved us with two or three very, very good saves. |
This is a big boost but, when the tournament starts, we must show on the pitch why we have been seeded. |
This season we haven't performed as we should do, and we have to do that tomorrow. |
This time we don't meet until the last group match. Hopefully, both countries will be through to the next round by then. |
This will be the players' home and set the atmosphere as we prepare for all of our games. Hopefully this hotel will be the launch pad for us to achieve success in Germany. |
Thursday morning he is on the pitch again. Maybe it [right] is his best position. |
To have the same preparation as all the other countries is important. It would have been very difficult to have one week less. |
Together they have played well in the past and I think they are doing well. Michael Owen has not scored a goal in this tournament yet, but he will score. I'm not worried about that. |
Wales made life difficult for us, especially hanging in during the first half when I thought we played well, |
Wayne Rooney is an excellent footballer. I know he is young but when he is on the pitch he doesn't seem very young. |
We all have knives to our necks, if we want to play in the World Cup. I'm sure they and we will respond in a very positive way. I could not even dream of not qualifying for the World Cup. We have to win those two games. I have no doubts that the players are good enough. |