Sergio Busquets Quotes

I like to play with my back to the goal, but my colleagues have to tell me when I'm alone or how much room I have so I can choose to pass or to go straight for the goal.

When you haven't got the ball, while we're defending, sometimes I am not always where I need to be.

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

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

In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.

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

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.

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

I don't want to become a player who spends half his time running round after the breakdown, because that won't get the best out of me.

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

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.

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

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball.

We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.

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'm kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

Football is about balance.

Usually, the most intelligent player is a midfielder.

I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.

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.

That's how it works, it's football. They need you or they don't.

I like to play anywhere in the middle.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.