Johan Cruijff
Johan Cruijff
Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff OON, anglicised to Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and coach. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was one of the most famous exponents of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. In the 1970s, Dutch football rose from near obscurity...
football simple too-late
Football is simple. You are in time or too late. When you are too late, you should start sooner.
soccer football simple
Football is a simple game. It's just very hard to play it simple.
football simple netherlands
Football is simple, you're either on time, or you're too late. If you're too late then you have to leave earlier.
soccer football simple
Football is simple but the hardest thing to do is play simple football.
football simple winning
It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win.
football simple netherlands
Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.
rooms improvement room-for-improvement
I still have a lot of room for improvement.
soccer football team
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.
beautiful kids play
I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.
football play offensive
Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
soccer football sorry
I felt sorry for the match ball - it came off the pitch crying.
player want needs
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.
soccer mistake hard
I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong
soccer football play
The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.