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

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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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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Technique is not being able to juggle a ball 1000 times. Anyone can do that by practicing. Then you can work in the circus. Technique is passing the ball with one touch, with the right speed, at the right foot of your team mate.
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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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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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Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.
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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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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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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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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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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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The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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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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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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Coincidence is logical.
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