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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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Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think ok, we can take it easy now, while the team with 10 will think We really have to work hard now.
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If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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Often you see people who move there and then, once they have arrived, the ball moves here after which they also come here, but then the ball goes there again. I say: just stay where you are, then you are in any case at the right place half of the time.
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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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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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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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If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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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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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
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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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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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Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.
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Every trainer talks about movement, about running a lot. I say don't run so much. Football is a game you play with your brain. You have to be in the right place at the right moment, not too early, not too late.
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