Hugo Lloris Quotes

I've always stuck my arms behind my back anyway when trying to block a shot in the penalty area.

The best way to attack is to defend well.

Without a doubt, it is easier to produce a defensive soccer team, because it does not need you to have talent for it but simply to be well organised.

I feel like I've improved immensely in terms of my defending, not only in one-versus-ones but also with my positioning.

Both offensively and defensively, the presence that I have is pretty profound.

I don't really focus on the guy that's defending me.

I realize I have to continue to work on defense. I think a lot of people have to work on defense.

I'm a defender, and my first job is to make the team secure at the back; that's my primary responsibility.

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.

The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.

I know if I'm playing centre-back, there are certain places where you don't give your full-back the ball - because I've been the full-back!

I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.

In Spain, you get seven clear chances a game to receive the ball and shoot. In Italy, you get very few clear balls, and you have to fight everyone to score; that makes you improve and develop.

We're defenseless, I know we play defense, but we're defenseless when we're not looking at the guy who's blocking us or when the guy's come out and cut out our knees from underneath us.

Liverpool are a team that is essentially very defensive; caution is at the heart of their game.

To be useful in defence, to win back the ball, you don't always have to go sliding into the tackle. It's also about your positioning; sometimes all you have to do is take a step back.

The space between keepers and defenders is referred to as the 'corridor of opportunity' - a well-hit pass in there has the goalie questioning whether to come into traffic and defenders unsure of whether or where to clear the ball.

Defense comes with defensive concepts.

Tactically, Italians are very strong. They are a lot into tactics: how to defend, when you lose the ball, where will you be?

The differences between the top teams in Euro 2000 are so minimal that I think you have to be very clever in defence and stop your opponents getting opportunities.

Defending is easy. You just have to want to defend. It's not like defending is hard. It's just, like, more of an attitude.

My shot-blocking ability, it's really second to none.

My first, second, third, fourth and fifth priority is definitely defense. I want to be everywhere and help everybody.

I'm always in the 'butcher' role. But the only way to stop Messi one-on-one is to foul him. Otherwise, if I'm alone, I'll only get the ball one in 20 times. I have to use other weapons, I know the best way to stop him. I know he does not like playing with his back to goal, you must be right on top of him when he gets the ball.

My Italian adventure was positive because I improved a lot in tactical terms, most of all defensively, which is something I hadn't worked on quite so much.