To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

Everybody in Argentina can remember 'the hand of God' in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the 'hand of God' has brought us an Argentinian pope.

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.

I got a couple of front teeth knocked out during a football match when I was hit by a flying elbow.