Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People just assume, over the years, that soccer players are not too intelligent. As with most assumptions, they're wrong.
The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.
Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those.
Soccer is a magical game.
The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.
I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta' be creative, you gotta' let your talent take over.
Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.
I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.
The technocracy of professional sport has managed to impose a soccer of lightning speed and brute strength: a soccer that negates joy, kills fantasy and outlaws daring.