Friendly Match Quotes

Once you're on the pitch, you play for your team, and you want to win. During the year, you can play against friends - you can play against big friends and close friends - but once you are on the pitch, this friendship goes away, and you just focus on winning the game.

When you're playing an exhibition, you're kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.

The first league game always feels different from the pre-season friendlies.

It will be very nice to meet Jordi Alba. We both play with speed, and it will be a very challenging mini-game. Who would win in a 100 metres race? I don't know.

I had a chance to play against the USA teams when I was a player. I wasn't on any USA team but scrimmaging against them and playing against them was a highlight.

When I was 19 I came to play a friendly against England and I really liked how they played and how passionate the fans are.

Portugal away is a great match. Even when it's just a friendly.

It would be fantastic to play against Germany and Brazil.

It's exciting to play against old teammates, old friends.

The World Cup is the World Cup, and I'm sad I won't play in it; that's my only regret. But to play a friendly with my national team, I did it many times, so it's not something I'm missing.

It will be nice to play against Australia. It's a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger.

Owen scores and breaks Lineker's competitive scoring record. Although this being a friendly it doesn't actual count, so he hasn't quite done it yet.

It would be a pleasure to play against England. They are one of the top teams.