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There’s only one moment in which you can arrive in time. If you’re not there, you’re either too early or too late.

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There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
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For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player to win the most Ballons d'Or in history. He will win five, six, seven. He is incomparable. He's in a different league.
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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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Italians can never win from you, but you can lose to them. (when asked about Ajax's chances in the 1995 Champs League final against AC Milan)
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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible, and if you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.
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Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.
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The hardest thing about an easy match is making a weak opponent play poor. A poor player isn't poor because he tends to kick the ball in his own goal. It's because when you put intense pressure on him, he loses control. So you have to increase the tempo of the game and he'll automatically give the ball away.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.
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If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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Coincidence is logical.
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After you've won something, you're no longer 100 percent, but 90 percent. It's like a bottle of carbonated water where the cap is removed for a short while. Afterwards there's a little less gas inside.
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Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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When you're playing against a team that has two great central defenders, the best option is to play without a striker.
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