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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs

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Coincidence is logical.
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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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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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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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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In small space a player has to be capable of acting quickly. A good player who needs too much time can suddenly become a poor player.
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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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I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.
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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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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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Why couldn't you beat a richer club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal.
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There are very few players who know what to do when they're not marked. So sometimes you tell a player: that attacker is very good, but don't mark him.
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
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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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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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I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
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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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Football is simple, you're either on time, or you're too late. If you're too late then you have to leave earlier.
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