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Enzo Maresca

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Enzo Maresca is a former football manager and player.

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"If you suspend seven, eight games, that means that probably is not the right place to do this competition."
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"I think every manager wants to have Rodri because he is a top player."
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"Rodri needs a holiday, he needs to rest and recover and then he will be back with us."
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"I have a good relationship with him [Grealish] and since I left we've been keeping in touch."
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"Phil is very important, like the rest. Knowing Phil from years ago, I know how good he is."
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"Mateo is our player, until the day he is here I will try all my best."
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"After 10 games, if we have got 10 points, 20 points, 30 points. People will be comparing it to Pep after 10 games, it doesn't put pressure on me."
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"Someone asked me if it's the impossible job to follow him - maybe, but at the same time it's a privilege."
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"It is because of the quality of the players, the quality of the managers, the organisation of the Premier League."
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"I don't think we're going to do something today."
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"Overall, Jack was good."
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"How do we solve that problem? We try to find the new Rodri, it is what it is."
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"I think it's a feeling for most of the clubs, not all of the clubs because some clubs probably prefer to do the business at the beginning or at the end of the previous season."
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"He is here and it is my duty to coach Jack and to try to get the best."
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"He made an impact the other day. In terms of quality, he is a different player to the rest because he can give us moments when we struggle in the last third."
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"Absolutely, yeah."
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"He's happy and I'm happy."
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"He is very good."
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"To be honest, the club mentioned to me that it happened exactly the same last year when the club played Napoli and then, after two days, played Arsenal."
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"I think that happens and you need to adapt."
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"It is very important for different reasons."
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"Enzo Maresca believes both Phil Foden and Bruno Fernandes should have been sent off."
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"Maresca deserves plenty of credit for his decisions too, but he must be thinking he is a lucky man for having the group of players he does."
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"They are a team that loves transitions and space in behind."
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"How do you say in English? Happy wife, happy life. For us, happy Erling, happy life."
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"We had a plan for 11 versus 11, but after the red card the game completely changed, but also for them."
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"I think the performance was unbelievable, and I'm pleased with the performance."
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"I asked him in the last three, four days - when I decided to play him as nine - he said he never played there."
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"toughest so far this season because of how good they are"
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"In the press conference before the game, I said I expect a very tough game."
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"The US is probably not the right place to do the competition."
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