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"The guy is winning trophies, he’s making the right decisions. And listen, in the season, you’re going to lose a lot of games"

"You’re going to win a lot. The goal is to learn from those defeats and reduce the amounts of defeats and increase the amount of wins."

"So it’s a process. You have to trust it."

"When we decided to jump on the journey with E1, the main goal was always 'let's bring the race to Africa',"

"We want people to discover our culture, to discover our history. That's why Lagos is for us a good choice, because it's a vibrant city"

"The people are very young and it's an opportunity for us to advocate for sustainability"

"I said 'We put our trust in you, we are behind you, and you're a superstar because you race with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusias"

"I'm really happy with her because she applies the same principle that I used to apply during my career: give everything, do your best."

"This is the goal, to be able to have African people interested in the sport, interested in sustainability, in racing, in discovering new cultures"

"I try to be like a sponge and take the best out of them, as a leader trying to reproduce it, but in my own way."

"I decided not to bring too much of my competitiveness, otherwise I will destroy them like I destroyed all the strikers I was in competition with"

"It even gives African children who didn’t grow up in Africa the desire to come back and play in the competition because of the legends that have participated in it and made it appealing. The level of the game has changed, and African football has also developed."

"They’re a nation that is progressing. They have young talent and have players who were there before and also have a good coach [Hugo Broos]. It is to find the balance between young and experienced players and create a great team"

"We know football here is big, and there are clubs with big programmes for youth academies. It starts with the youth tournament. That’s how you develop local football, and I think South Africa is doing that very well."

"The only common point these two coaches have is the desire to win"

"They are completely different personalities. They have a different vision of football."

"I cannot compare Jose Mourinho to Pep Guardiola. One of them failed to win the UEFA Champions League with FC Bayern Munich, the other won it with FC Porto"

"Many players have said the same about him. As a coach, Pep prepares games like nobody else."

"For me, football is feeling like you're in a theatre, and seeing tiki-taka, passing the ball, it's not the only way to win but it's special. It's Pep's way."

"What happens is that life, and football, is hypocritical and they prefer that to having honest people."

"Regragui always encouraged me, pointed out my mistakes, and highlighted the good things, which gave me great self-confidence.""

"This kind of communication pushes me to work harder and develop my level so that I am ready for every match."

"Nigeria is a team made up of top-level players"

"Regarding the talents, it’s not a question of quality: we have a very talented team, perhaps even more so than that of Congo. But football is cruel: it’s not a question of talent, just a bad day."