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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.

Johan Cruijff

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If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
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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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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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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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