To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

Eric Cantona is a great player, but he's not as good as Ryan Giggs

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.

Football is simple, you're either on time, or you're too late. If you're too late then you have to leave earlier.

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.

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.

It is better to fail with your own vision than to fail with another man's vision.