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The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.

The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.

Well, the memories were obviously - every match is important, every point counts, especially the last sort of 18, 20 years when the matches have been so tight.

I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.

Obviously every one of them was special to that particular team, all the people that were involved with it.

The problem with me is I always think I should've done better. I felt that after the World Cup final and through my whole career.

Sporting achievements bestow a sense of unification on the cultures and societies in which they take place and create an outpouring of nationalism and pride.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past.

That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.