A Quote by Fred

You will not build a team with 11 players. — © Fred
You will not build a team with 11 players.

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Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think "ok, we can take it easy now", while the team with 10 will think "We really have to work hard now."
Friends ask me to pick the best 11 players, but sometimes the best 11 players are not the best team. So it's something that you have to work together.
Of course it's better to have good players to build a better team. But to build a team, you need to have time.
One player's influence in football is not as big as in other sports: it's 11 players vs. 11 players.
I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.
Yes, the national team is all one team. We are not Real Madrid players, Barcelona players, Celta Vigo players... all of us are a group.
Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi never ever stop playing for the team. If I were young today, they are players on which I would mirror myself. Players of this level, play for the team. Players that are the best because they prepared themselves to bet You don't see these players going out, on social media, skipping training to be in parties.
When you build a team, and you have 24 or 25 players, all can be decisive; can be important.
We have to understand the abilities of the players. We will try to build a game model with our ideas and with the players we have.
I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.
When your great players are team players, everybody else follows their lead. The best team doesn't always win - it's usually the team that gets along best.
In a team like Manchester City, Arsenal, and other big clubs, it's quite difficult just to have the same 11 players starting every week.
The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.
It's very tough to build a championship team. It takes time and good players, and you have to get lucky as well.
The A's were a team with very few resources. We didn't have access to players who were obviously great, who could do it all and were always in the headlines. We couldn't afford those types of players. So we had to figure out a way of cobbling together players into a team that might be competitive.
Winning is irrelevant when you’re 11 or 12 years old. It really is it. At youth tournaments, I look at the technical ability of the players. Whether the team wins or loses - I don’t care.
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