Guus Hiddink Team Quotations

I'm an ambitious coach and I want to be successful here in Russia. There is a lot of technical potential within Russia's national team and if the players are aware of their potential I think they can increase their level.

The problem tonight was finishing off. I'm proud of the boys, the way they played against a team with a budget five times bigger than us. But I always like to get a result. It's not easy to get six chances against Milan in this stadium, which we did.

We came here also to try and score, and not just to defend. In the second half we wanted to score another goal, and Beasley came up with it. That proved fatal for Monaco, but it was a great result for us. We must be the team with the smallest budget of all the qualified teams.

We have been knocked out by a team that does not get the international recognition it deserves.

We just have to see what damage is done physically, ... but mentally I'm very proud of the boys. I have a long flight to think what we can do tactically. It's in our hands, but I expect Uruguay to come to Sydney to defend - and they are a team which knows how to defend.

This is not a team to lean back and rely on just one or two counter-attacks each half.

I'm satisfied with this result against a team with physical and tactical strength.....we have had more worse starts in the Champions League.

Despite all the pressure we only gave away two chances and I have to give my team the compliments for the way they achieved this result.

If you see where this team started in August with qualifying for the Champions League as the main target and now we're in the semifinal, it is almost unthinkable the development this team went through and what they achieved.

I didn't say anything to the team afterwards, ... When I get angry after a game I have learned from experience that it's best that I control myself and let things settle down a bit.

Counter football is not something weak teams only can do by the way. It is sometimes said in a way as if counter football is inferior. It's not.

I am responsible for the team and a journalist should be responsible for his article.

You can't have three defenders moving up and one going back. The decisions a team makes are important. As a whole.