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Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.

Johan Cruijff

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I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.
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Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
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Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.
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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 difference between right and wrong is often not more than five metres.
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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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Without the ball, you can't win.
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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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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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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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You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.
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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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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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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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I still have a lot of room for improvement.
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Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.
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