Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola says he treasures his time in England.

Zola was speaking at Italy's embassy in London ahead of tonight's Euro qualifier with England.

He told TMW: "In my opinion, an experience abroad is good regardless, you get to know a new language and a new culture.

"Then English football also taught me to be physical, to never give up. A particularity that struck me was the training sessions: they were like matches, fights, as if we were competing.

"The intensity with which we trained was something superior, there is an intensity that other championships don't have."