Leonardo Bonucci Quotes

It is never good to concede a goal; it is part of our job not to concede, just as it is part of our job to score.

I like entertaining football but, at the same time, you can't concede goals. That's a tricky balance to find.

It doesn't matter how many goals you score; one goal is enough if you don't let one in your net.

I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.

I think if you're not conceding so many goals, it gives you a great platform to win games.

To score three goals and not concede any is always interesting for a coach.

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.

Anytime you get good service to the box, it's always great as an attacking player because it gives you more opportunities to score.

We can only stop Cristiano Ronaldo as a team. In front of goal, he's like a machine. You can't shut him out completely; he always gets his chances in a game because of the lines he runs and his excellent timing.

It's difficult when you play the best teams in the world. You have to be strong as a team and defend and get clean sheets.

The teams that defend well are as important as those that attack well. If you don't concede goals it is much easier to win but it is all about having balance.

The most important thing is to help the team to come in front of the goal with one-two passes, I drop down, or I give them space, because for defenders, it's always difficult to have a false nine because they don't have a direct player against them, so they don't know exactly what to do.

With a line of six in the defence and then three in front of that, it's not always easy to find the spaces to score the goals.

As a defence, we have to strive for that clean sheet while also giving the attacking players the licence to go and create.

The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.

When teams play good football, it tends to create chances for the striker.

It is very important as a midfielder to score.

I need balls put in the box and I need chances to be created for me.

For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.

As long as everyone does their part - the attackers score the goals, and the defenders keep the clean sheets - then you can't go too wrong.

I don't think it's a problem if you play well and don't score, when you are creating chances.

As a striker, people look at the goals you score. But for me, my game is more than just about goals, it is how you link with other players.

Everyone thinks I'm looking for attacking football all the time. But the foundation is how you defend - keep a clean sheet, and you have a decent chance to win a game of football.

The last thing you want as a striker is the opposing team putting all 10 players behind the ball.

I'm going to play with one goalkeeper, obviously, one defender, one midfielder and two attackers, very offensive because we need to score goals.