Eden Hazard Quotes

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

You have to do the tactics to win games because if you have good organisation and know what to do, you'll know where the weaknesses are in the opponent.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

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

You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for.

It's my job to run the offense and make sure everything goes smoothly.

When we are organised on the pitch, it is easier to play in defense.

It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'

When I get the ball, the players need to start running, and then I just feed them with the ball.

Football is a really simple game, and the most important thing, in any formation, is that the players do their jobs, not the formation which they play in.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis Bergkamp was playing. He seemed to be able to read the game like a chessboard and knew where a player would be several seconds later and put the ball there for him.

There are two real keys to winning. You've got to have good players: no coach won with bad players. You win with good players. That is number one. Number two is, when we are playing, let's say we are playing Michigan, and they had a really good press: we've got to solve that press.

It always helps to play every game at the back with the same players. You get a good understanding of each other and how one of you works, and what positions to take up.

One-day cricket is about continuity, team ethic, understanding each other's role, where everybody fields and bats, when and at which end they want to bowl.

As a player I was taught the importance of working four or five passes within your team and then stretching the play. That's something I believe in strongly as a coach.

There is so much interaction in a football match: between you and your team-mates and how you support each other, work for each other, make runs. But I also enjoy the other aspect: the pressing and how people work so hard to recover the ball.

To be successful you have to find a good balance between offence and defence, to work without the ball, but our main tactic is to work with the ball, to be in possession.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

In England, you might have a possession game of six v. six, and it's like headless chickens: people running around everywhere just trying to keep the ball and be strong in tackles. But in Spain, you always stay in your position. You're still in your shape for every drill.

Both sides of the game, defensively and offensively, are important.

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.

Communication is always important, but it's a separate type of language in football.

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.