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I still have a lot of room for improvement.

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Every advantage has its disadvantage.
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In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.
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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 most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
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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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If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
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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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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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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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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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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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Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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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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Without the ball, you can't win.
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Coincidence is logical.
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Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.
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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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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 can be a new Di Stefano, but I can't be a new Pelé. He is the one that goes beyond the limits of logic.
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