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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.
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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Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.
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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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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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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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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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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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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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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
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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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Players today can only shoot with their laces. I could shoot with the inside, laces, and outside of both feet. In other words, I was six times better than today's players.
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