Johan Cruyff in 10 quotes

"Football should always be attractive, it's to be played offensively, it should be a show"

Johan Cruyff died this Thursday aged 68. The former coach and a legend in FC Barcelona, both as player and as coach, leaves a lot of talent, good soccer, a legancy in the Catalan club, as well as very well-remembered quotes. The website of La Liga picked some of them:

"Anyone can play football if you give them five metres."
"Football should always be attractive, it's to be played offensively, it should be a show."
"Football is a game to be played with your brain. You've got to be in the right place at the right time, and not be there either too soon or too late."
"Simple football is the most beautiful football. What seems like the easiest solution is, in fact, the most difficult one."
"I represent an era in which it became clear that attractive football is enjoyable and that, what's more, it can bring you trophies."
"Play as if you were never going to make a mistake, but don't be surprised when you do."
"As long as we've got the ball, they're never going to score."
"I like Begiristain because he's the only one who listens to me."
"If the opposition have got a clever player who's very good at getting away from his marker, we always go for the easy option: that no one mark him. If no one is marking him, he won't be able to get away from his marker."
"Go out there and enjoy yourselves."

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