A Quote by Johan Cruijff
If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball
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When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.
I'm a coach who likes to have the ball, but what I really think is, 'How can you be in charge of the game?' I think, but maybe I am the only one, that the defensive process can take care of the game. Why is that? Because teams wait to defend. If you create something where you go to defend, to steal the ball where you want, it's different.
With Bayern, we want a lot of ball possession and to control the play, so I operate sometimes like the 11th outfield player. Thus I am included a lot into the build-up play and have a lot of touches of the ball.
If I'm only going to play one more match, I want to take a wicket with every ball, not try and defend a boundary.
I can bring a lot. I play both sides of the ball. I defend. I have an offensive game. I rebound the ball. I get steals a lot.
Everyone wants to play like Spurs. We want to play attractive football, get the ball forward, and create chances with good possession.
I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.
I want my team to play well almost all of the time and have possession of the ball.
The players who defend against him make fouls because it's always hard to defend Neymar and take the ball without fouling him.
I stay positive because it's the only way to live. When I play ball, I play hardball.
Counter-pressing is a very important topic. Putting pressure onto opponents almost every single minute so we can win the ball... but that is only one thing; we need to find a good balance between ball possession and attacking moments.
When we have to defend, I just try to recover the ball for the team because it's important, but I always try to go forward when we have the ball.
With Jorginho it depends what type of football you want to play. If you want to play possession where you have the ball all the time and you play a lot of passes, there are not many as good as him around. If you ask Jorginho to cover 50 metres of pitch in width and get all the balls back, it's going to be difficult.
I like to have the ball, to have possession and to play passes, to create chances for my team-mates. I think that is what makes me strong.
Football is open; it is not only keeping possession of the ball and making more passes.
I love this style: get the ball back quickly, then play possession with so many combinations. When you watch that, you get the feeling you want to go out on the pitch and play football with your friends and just enjoy yourself. City and Barcelona are great examples.
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