"We have the chance of a lifetime," remarked John Terry in conversation with The Sun on Thursday. "And we're in great form at the moment."

"We have lost out in the past against Liverpool and Monaco and I really don't want to sit back and say we have thrown it away again," he said. "Man United have been in good form, themselves, but we are at the top of our game. We have everyone fit and we need to take the game to them."

"I don't know what the Inter players think," Roma captain Francesco Totti told Reuters. "I know they are under a lot of pressure. We are very concentrated and feel good. So I'm convinced Roma will win the Scudetto."