Fabio Capello Quotes (39 Quotes)

We didn't choose to be cautious, but Milan needed the win and we didn't, so both teams took a different approach. We enjoyed some good moments, but Milan were more adventurous.

We deserved the win even if it did come from a mistake by their keeper. He had an incredible night, we created plenty of chances but he just pulled off one great save after another.

He played a good match, more so in the second half. He is a very good personality and will play a wonderful game on Tuesday.

You start the season with the goals of winning both the league and the Champions League. Once again, we've seen how difficult that it.

Pavel is a player that changes the rhythm of games. He will be decisive tomorrow when we will have no choice but to attack from the start.

He's in good shape. If I remember, he couldn't even talk about three months ago, so this looks like a miracle.

In three years time I'll stop (coaching), but I won't go into retirement, that's for sure.

In the two matches we played, they scored two goals so they are better than us.

He is a very good personality so he will play a wonderful game.

We could have closed out the match in the first half. At the end, when the game did open up, we showed how we are capable of playing.

We played a good match, only the result was negative. We did not deserve defeat.

I think it was a fully deserved victory. However we created a lot of chances but we didn't take them and that meant we had to wait until the 82nd minute to seal the result after our keeper made two important saves,

Alex was the main reason why we won the game, he had looked so good in training I knew I had to play him and his performance more than justified my decision,

I want to decide with calm . . . I would like to coach a club for three more seasons and then have a try with a foreign national squad, maybe England, which always fascinated me.

I'm disappointed. It is a problem. I'm happy with the physical side of the game and the desire that we showed. But I'm sorry about having had such a tough challenge ahead of the Arsenal game, especially as they haven't played.

Roma played very dangerous counterattacks. It's in good form right now. I liked the fighting spirit of my players in the closing minutes. The result means that we still can hope to qualify (for the semifinals).

It's a long season and Milan and Inter can give us bother right up until the end,

Lately we tend to make our life difficult, always starting from one goal down. Luckily, we took control of the match quickly and produced at least five scoring chances.

We are doing well and the team is in good form. Today's win has nothing to do with the loss to Roma in the Cup.

At this time of the season one must struggle against every opponent. But this is also the case for Inter and Milan.

Inter missed an opportunity to claw two points back on us, so I'm very happy with a draw.

Our defense is quick enough but we need to watch out for their counter-attacks.

Someone said that he hadn't scored in the last four matches, he answered that on the field today.

Certainly it's nice to have historic moments like this but eventually somebody will break this (record). We're aiming for the end result, otherwise the rest is useless.

We hope we can cause Arsenal some damage. A 2-0 (deficit) is extremely difficult to recover but much will depend on whether we can score one goal in the first half.

They did a very beautiful job. We hope we can play here too.

I never judge referees in these cases. I will say that the first foul was debatable and from the bench I thought he had nothing to do with the second incident.

Today I saw a determined team who has played 20-25 minutes with a high tempo and determination. We could have scored more goals and we conceded a goal that could have been easily prevented.

Del Piero manages to have an immediate impact in the game when he comes on as a substitute. He doesn't need time to become an important factor in the game. There are not many players around who can do that so effectively.

It will be important to rotate players and start those in best form. We are going to face a series of tough matches. But it will be the same for our title rivals.

If we had stayed 3-0 down the tie would have been all but over. Instead we're at 3-2 and there's still something to play for, even if the return match in Rome (on Feb. 1) will be a difficult one.

Alex won us the game today. I already said (before the game) that I saw he was doing well. This is a long season and there will be space for everyone. Whoever is out must wait their turn, like Del Piero.

It won't really be a friendly, considering the history and the rivalry. I hope my players return healthy.

We gained one point over Inter, thus we are happy. We were lucky today, and overjoyed as we travel to Milan with a nine-point lead.

We weren't as fresh and aggressive as we usually are and our reaction came too late. Bayern deserved to win.

Sometimes, miracles can happen. We are confident about tomorrow because we believe we can do something exceptional.

We have an extremely competitive roster in terms of quality and quantity. And compared to last year we know each other better and have all been together from the first day of training camp.

It is never an easy business defeating Real Madrid and so that was a special feeling,

We did everything possible and played a good match, but the 2-0 from the first leg was too difficult to recover. We could not have done any better at this stage of the season.