And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The emotion to handle the pressure is one of the biggest challenges in football - it's the top challenge.
Pressure is part and parcel of our career.
I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there's no pressure, then I'm not in the perfect zone.
The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself to win.
I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.
We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.
The only pressure I feel is how I can contribute to help my team win the match. Of course, there is always the pressure to score, but then doesn't it eventually help your team win? Frankly, I don't let these things affect me.
We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going.
It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team.
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