Gerard Pique Quotes

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time.

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

The little bit of my Brazilian side in Azzurri is perhaps to play more with the ball on the ground and have the tranquility to hold the ball. The idea is to have more control of the game.

My teams have always been dominant about having the ball but having the ball to create opportunities. That's always been the clear way of my work.

The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the ball, is the same. I grew up with that; I was a player with that idea, and I am a coach with that idea.

I like teams to control and dominate the ball so the players are hungry for the ball.

In the end, it's like that: The more I possess the ball, the more dominant we play, and the more often we win.

Pellegrini as a coach likes the team to be in control of the ball, and go forward.

The important thing for me is we want to keep the ball, we want to have the ball because we are Arsenal football club.

I prefer getting a lot of the ball.

In football, you don't hold on to the ball just to hold on to the ball. When you have it you need to be dangerous, create opportunities and score goals. And when you don't, you make sure the opposition doesn't.

Pep's Barcelona was spectacular. They had a collective style based on players of talent, which sought control and sought to dominate all over the pitch.

At Tottenham, I'm asked to take a lot of risks to keep maximum possession of the ball and build from the back.

Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again.

My priority is possession. Attack, get a lot of players in the opposition half, take risks.

Spain started to generate a very good playing style from Pep Guardiola's arrival at Barcelona.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

I'm never going to be seen as an attacking midfielder who's going to dribble past anyone, create untold chances, and score lots of goals, but going forward is something I've always enjoyed doing.

We need the ball even to defend; that's our objective: having the ball and having it as far as possible from our goal as possible.

I cannot have a concept of football where everything is based on the opposition. We have to dictate the game, we have to be the ones taking the initiative, and we have to entertain the people coming to watch us.

You will never run more than the ball. The players that don't lose the ball are the most important in the team, and good players decide the game.

The archetypal No. 10 is a skillful player who is more interested in being in possession than tracking to get the ball back.

We always want to play and be dominant with the ball, but we respect the opposition.

When you've got the ball 65-70% of the time, it's a football death for the other team...It's death by football.