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I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

- Roberto Di Matteo
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It was something I always wanted to do, to own a restaurant, because I love food. But particularly when I first moved to London, because I was on my own - I was single, away from my family, so it seemed very important, to have a place where you could go to meet friends and eat.

Pierluigi Gollini is a highly-rated goalkeeper in Italy, he's young, a good shot-stopper, he comes for crosses, he's good with his feet.

Well, I grew up in Switzerland where my parents were immigrant workers, but my whole family are very good cooks - my father also. So I always saw my parents enjoying to cook and prepare the food.

I'm generally an optimistic person.

I still did some things in football, but I needed to get away from the game. I needed closure. And once I felt I'd achieved that, the hunger came back. That fire in your belly, the desire to feel the adrenaline at the weekend. That's when I felt I was able to go again.

But I do love to cook. When I have a dinner party I like to invite loads of people, then I would just do like a salad buffet, with some snacks and cold meat and lots of different salads.

Some of my worst moments in football have been losing semi-finals, the Barcelona game in 2009 probably more than most. But you have to take it and bounce back.

Obviously if there is a Chinese player that has the quality and the ability we will certainly be looking to recruit.

You have to kind of sustain a level of performance in the Championship to be able to come out of it at the end of the season.

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I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.

I wouldn't lie and say it's not disappointing to have reached so many semis and a final and not won the Champions League.