Attacking Players Quotes

Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.

It's always good to have players who can help us in attack.

It's true that when I started out, I was more a fan of attacking players and one in particular: the Brazilian Ronaldo, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima. Another of my idols was Claudio Caniggia, an Argentinian forward with long hair, who I liked a lot. It's because of him that I started to grow my hair long!

Attacking players are the ones who are best suited to break a record.

Adama Traore and Diogo Jota are incredibly fast and difficult to stop.

The guys who play in midfield and up front are the ones who decide games.

You don't see too many attacking flair players continuing until their mid-30s at a high level.

Having a lot of attacking players on the field and a good balance at the back is the foundation of victory.

The top coaches want wide strikers who cut inside. They want playmaking midfielders who can play between the lines as well as perform their defensive duties.

I look up to many great players - principally attackers. The two Ronaldos, Romario and Rivaldo all play well.

For me it's more difficult to play against the quicker wingers, but for the team it's perhaps more difficult to face players that are good passers, because one through ball can take the whole team out of the game.

It's always good for us to score as attacking players and to help the team get the three points.

Every team needs goalscorers, attacking players, players who can sweep up the ball, but every team needs that someone who can be the link between defence and attack. The greatest teams always have that sort of player.

I always like the players to be within 10 to 15 metres of each other. When the attacking players try what I am asking them to do, and it breaks down, there are players close enough to then go and win the ball back and counter press the game.

As a defence, we have to strive for that clean sheet while also giving the attacking players the licence to go and create.

You need two or three players who can do that - play behind the striker, on the right wing, the left wing... striker, maybe. If we have those, it's good for the team.

I'm a forward, but I can't be the only forward at a club. Over the years, the clubs who've won titles have had several strikers.