Zidane: "The headbutt on Materazzi? No regrets"

"Italy are a great football nation, so it feels strange not to see them at the World Cup three times in a row, but I do not know the situation well, I do not know why it happened. What I do know, though, is that Italy are a good team. Perhaps they are no longer the side they were in 2006, but anything can happen in a single match. Mancini's team are difficult to face. They lost to Belgium and won well in Turkey. For this reason, we must be ready and at our best to win."

"I've had many top coaches and Lippi was particularly strong tactically. Italians have an important tactical culture, with nothing to learn from others. And I have a little of that culture too"

"Juventus are one of the positive parts of my career. It was at Juve that I became an important player. Then I never spoke to Materazzi again. I am not proud of what I did, but I have no regrets. It is part of my journey, and in life, and this applies to everyone, you do not always do only good things. Now we are at a different point in my career and we will see what happens also against Italy. Then it is clear that the sending off in 2006, which also brought my career with the national team to an end, gave me extra motivation to return as head coach, which is a dream come true. I have always believed in myself, in the positive things, I have prepared myself and now I am ready to coach and give everything for this team"