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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

Johan Cruijff

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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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When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average ... So, the most important thing is: what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines wether you're a good player or not.
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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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I'm not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.
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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
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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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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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Coincidence is logical.
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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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Without the ball, you can't win.
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Every professional golfer has a seperate coach for his drives, for approaches, for putting. In football we have one coach for 15 players. This is absurd.
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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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YOU NEED BOTH QUALITY AND RESULTS. RESULTS WITHOUT QUALITY IS BORING QUALITY WITHOUT RESULTS IS MEANINGLESS.
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I can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the one that goes beyond the limits of logic.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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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There is only one ball, so you need to have it.
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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United.
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