“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.” ThinkingKnowsWorldEnoughStrongCausesClassPlayerTeamFootballConcernBraveCommittedSoccerAnalysisOpponentsCharacteristicsFootballerHigh ClassBrave And Strong Author:Johan Cruijff
“However good an English team is, they will always have an additional advantage. It is that European players know that their English opponents will come at them in the belief they will win, and they can always be guaranteed never to stop fighting. They have a natural aggression that they are born with. If it ever goes, English football will lose its most valuable dimension.” IfsKnowsFightingWinningBeliefBornLosesNaturalPlayerTeamFootballAdvantageValuableSoccerAnalysisOpponentsDimensionsAggressionEnglish Football Author:Johan Cruijff
“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.” GivingPlayGamesEasyGoalLosesPoorPlayerWeakBallsIncreasePressureIntenseHardestOpponentsKicksHardest ThingTempo Author:Johan Cruijff
“To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent” InspirationalMotivationalWinningGoalFootballOpponentsScoreTeamwork Author:Johan Cruijff
“The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.” PlayEasyDifficultFootballWeakSoccerOpponentsDifficult ThingsPlaying Football Author:Johan Cruijff
“It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.” IfsWinningSimpleFootballOpponentsScore Author:Johan Cruijff
“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.” PeopleThinkingRunningGamesChangeFourPlayerAirFootballBallsOpponentsCircusDefenders Author:Johan Cruijff
