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I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

Johan Cruijff

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I find it terrible when talents are rejected based on computer stats. Based on the criteria at Ajax now I would have been rejected. When I was 15, I couldn't kick a ball 15 meters with my left and maybe 20 with my right. My qualities technique and vision, are not detectable by a computer.
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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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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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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The ball is an essential part of the game.
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Without the ball, you can't win.
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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.
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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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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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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic.
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Someone who has juggled the ball in the air during a game, after which four defenders of the opponent get the time to run back, that's the player people think is great. I say he has to go to a circus.
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The difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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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Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.
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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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Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs
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