Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri Ufficiale OMRIis an Italian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of English club Leicester City...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 October 1951
CityRome, Italy
champions curious game league played players
I was curious to see my players after their first Champions League game and they played very, very well,
played start
We played very well at the start but we couldn't keep it up,
believe concrete continue dreams finish man start touch wake work
I will believe it when I touch the trophy, not before. They are young. It's all right, they can dream. I am a concrete man and I want to continue to work hard. When I wake up I start to work. Dreams finish with the night.
football
I want to get back into football - it's my life,
character chelsea players saw
It's a new Chelsea with a lot of new players but I saw our old character.
month six soon treatment
Crespo is having treatment and he could be out for a month or six weeks. Duff and Petit will be back soon but Veron will be out a little longer. He may need an operation.
backwards battling fair next result step
The result was a fair one. Villarreal was better than us, especially in the first half. It's a step backwards but we've got to keep battling and think of our next game,
chelsea players time wednesday worry
I told the players a long time ago not to worry about it. Now, it is important to think of Chelsea. They give me a lot of support. But Wednesday is all about Chelsea -- not Ranieri or any individuals.
mistake champions-league league
You cannot make mistakes in the Champions League.
play games nervous
We were very nervous at the start, we didn't play our game at all.
planes paratroopers parachutes
In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.
beautiful shopping together
One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together
soccer football mother
Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true
strong thinking gentleman
Buffon is a gentleman thinking only of the ball [after Gianluigi Buffon's strong tackle on Andy Carroll during a friendly with Newcastle