Roberto Baggio Quotes

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

For me, good football is not about how many skills you show or how many players you beat. It's about making the right decision every time you have the ball.

I always dribble for a reason, and I always head for the goal.

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.

The biggest thing I've been working on his just finding the open man.

The play-maker is the most difficult position because you have to always know where everyone is on the pitch.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.

I know when I step into midfield I have to sharpen my feet up and be more aware of what's around me, at centre back it's more about timing, positioning and communication.

I like to be in the box where it happens, to score goals or give assists.

Yes, many times an assist is more difficult than a goal; you need to find the right space and measure the force used in order to provide your teammate with the right position in order to score.

The most difficult thing is football is to give the ball to a player that has the same colour shirt.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

In soccer, you have to be sly.

I think defending is more of, like, a science, and it's fun to learn that. And then I see attacking as an art.

I want to play in every match, score goals when the opportunity presents itself, and help players in good positions to also score goals.

It is very important as a midfielder to score.

I am an attacking midfielder, and I have scored goals, but I want to score more and win more.

The midfield is the heartbeat of a football team, it's the centre of the action, so you can't just do one thing.

I prefer defensive midfielder because I know my job when I play there. More things are in front of you.

I like to watch the great players, the ones who are technically good and understand the game. I try to see how they move.

I think that by playing centre midfield in the middle of the park, I'm doing something which comes naturally to me.

When the ball isn't in my hands, I'm already scanning for where the next pass is going.