Rio Ferdinand Games Quotations

There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.

No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered.

We don't like the criticism and after the Austria and Poland games we want to be able to go outside with our chests out and our heads held high.

You get a bad result one week and it's a natural reaction to go out in the next game and put it behind you and do well.

For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is.