Petr Cech Quotes

If a team has multiple looks, it's so hard to stand in front of your team and say, 'This is the scouting report. This is what you have to prepare for.'

The way you adapt and play against different teams and different styles is going to be important.

My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.

I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.

To say we have to play a certain way, or try to, every game is great in theory, but depending what players you have got you have to play to their strengths and cover up their weaknesses.

You have to adapt and find your niche, in terms of the type of player you can become, both on and off the pitch. I always knew I'd have no chance against a 1.90m, 90kg defender in a duel, so the key is to avoid these situations altogether. You have to pick your space and time.

You play your surroundings. You pitch accordingly. Not that I drastically try to change my game plan based on the score or the team or stadium, but you have to take everything into consideration.

The big thing is to win, but to look at the long-term, you need one way to play, and the philosophy is not only to put 11 players on the pitch and play football.

People talk about tactics, but when you look at it, tactics are just players. You change things so that the team can get the most out of the skills they have to offer, but you don't go any further than that.

The more you play against teams and defenders, the more you get to know them. You know if they are more nervous; you know, on the pitch, people are different. I try to adapt to their character.

We cannot try to play in a manner that does not correspond to our players' characteristics.

I thought I could go into Cardiff, but different clubs have different cultures, different playing styles and philosophies. I'm more suited to the other jobs I've had.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

Mascherano's impact as a leader is more important inside the squad, and Messi's leadership is more important in the pitch.

We play sometimes against teams with more individual quality than us, better players, bigger budgets, whatever, but we try to play our football. We don't try to change too much in our philosophy, in our model.

Teams always have natural leaders on the pitch and natural leaders in footballing terms.

The way we play is the way every team want to play, but not a lot of teams can play that amazing way.

Every coach has their own philosophy for getting the best out of players, and sometimes these can seem strange to the public.

Players at the highest level have got high football intelligence, so they can adapt, but at the same time you need a structure and an idea of how you've got to play that system.

I don't like to make comparisons, as it's different coaching a Spanish team to coaching a German or English team. Each country has their style, more or less, and within each country, they have different styles.

I want to start every game but you have to respect the staff.

Throughout their career, the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta have all been taught to a play a certain way. English players have been taught a different way, just like Brazil have been taught a different way.

We can never achieve perfect football at Bayern because the game is always changing. There are always new influences and different styles.

You can play Dybala and Ronaldo; it just depends on the situations.

My only hope is to see more frequent game time and even play alongside Ibrahimovic. We have two different styles and we can complement each other well.