Йохан Кройф цитаты
Йохан Кройф
Дата рождения: 25. Апрель 1947
Дата смерти: 24. Март 2016
Хе́ндрик Йо́ханнес Кройф — нидерландский футболист и тренер сборной Нидерландов, «Аякса» и «Барселоны». Всего за свою карьеру сыграл 752 матча, забил 425 мячей. Трёхкратный обладатель Золотого мяча, три раза выигрывал Кубок европейских чемпионов в качестве игрока и один раз в качестве тренера. Широко признан одним из лучших футболистов XX века.
26 марта 2010 года Кройф был объявлен почётным президентом ФК «Барселона» за свои заслуги перед клубом в качестве игрока и тренера. Был временно лишён этой должности новым президентом клуба Сандро Розелем в июле 2010 года, так как устав клуба не предусматривает такой должности.
Скончался 24 марта 2016 года в Барселоне в возрасте 68 лет от рака лёгких.
Являлся совладельцем обувного бренда Cruyff Classics.
В январе 2017 года УЕФА, охарактеризовав Кройфа как «человека, заново открывшего „Барселону“», включило его в десятку тренеров, оказавших наибольшее влияние на развитие европейского футбола с момента основания организации в 1954 году.
Цитаты Йохан Кройф
„Right now, I have the feeling that I am 2-0 up in the first half of a match that has not finished yet. But I am sure that I will end up winning.“
Eurosport.com, 13 February 2016 http://www.eurosport.com/football/liga/2015-2016/johan-cruyff-i-m-2-0-up-at-half-time-in-battle-against-lung-cancer_sto5174173/story.shtml.
„Football is now all about money. There are problems with the values within the game. And this is sad because football is the most beautiful game. We can play it in the street. We can play it everywhere. Everyone can play it but those values are being lost. We have to bring them back.“
In an interview with The Guardian's Donald McRae in September 2014 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/12/johan-cruyff-louis-van-gaal-manchester-united.
„4-5-1? Never. It was always 4-3-3 for me as a player and as manager, just like [Frank] Rijkaard at Barcelona. With 4-3-3, it's much easier to make combinations going forward. With only one forward, who is he going to pass to? Who is he going to make combinations with? Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football and nobody will convince me otherwise.“
In an interview with Lawrence Donegan of The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/oct/01/sport.comment6 (1 October 2005).
„It hurts me that Holland chose an ugly path to aim for the title.“
BBC Sport (12 July 2010).
„Every trainer talks about movement, about running a lot. I say don't run so much. Football is a game you play with your brain. You have to be in the right place at the right moment, not too early, not too late.“
reported in David Winner (2012). Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football.
„Every disadvantage has its advantage.“
In They said It: Johan Cruyff ( FIFA.com, 25 April 2014 http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=4/news=they-said-it-johan-cruyff-2323958.html).
„I haven't always been understood. As a footballer, as coach and also for what I did after all that. But OK, Rembrandt and Van Gogh weren't understood either. That's what you learn: people go on bothering you until you're a genius.“
reported in Johan Cruyff (2016). My Turn: The Autobiography.
„We [Barça] are a unique club in the world, no one has kept their jersey intact throughout their history, yet have remained as competitive as they come. (…) We have sold this uniqueness for about six percent of our budget. I understand that we are currently losing more than we are earning. However, by selling the shirt it shows me that we are not being creative, and that we have become vulgar.“
Cruyff criticises club's shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Foundation ( Goal.com, 22 April 2011 http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spanish-football/2011/04/22/2452965/qatar-foundation-deal-may-have-kept-messi-at-barcelona-but).
„In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.“
reported in Ramón Calderón's Newsweek.com column http://www.newsweek.com/johan-cruyff-ramon-calderon-barcelona-real-madrid-440545 (24 March 2016).
„Winning is an important thing, but to have your own style, to have people copy you, to admire you, that is the greatest gift.“
reported in Jonathan Wilson (Eurosport, 24 March 2016), Johan Cruyff's legacy? The whole of modern football http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/johan-cruyff-s-legacy-the-whole-of-modern-football_sto5368491/story.shtml.
„Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring.“
reported in Leo Messi's Twitter page https://twitter.com/messi10stats/status/713002758203310080 (24 March 2016).
„We showed the world you could enjoy being a footballer; you could laugh and have a fantastic time. I represent the era which proved that attractive football was enjoyable and successful, and good fun to play too.“
In They said It: Johan Cruyff ( FIFA.com, 25 April 2014 http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=4/news=they-said-it-johan-cruyff-2323958.html).
„When it was clear that I was leaving Ajax [in 1973], I was sent all kinds of poisonous messages and lots more of that kind of nonsense. But the worst thing for me was that Ajax gave my mother, who had always done her best for the club, an inferior seat in the stadium. Behind a pole. That absolutely crushed me.“
reported in Johan Cruyff (2016). My Turn: The Autobiography.
„I like technical players who can also think in terms of the team's interests. I've already mentioned Iniesta and Xavi, who disprove entirely the theory that only physically strong footballers with a lot of running ability can play in their positions.“
reported in Johan Cruyff (2016). My Turn: The Autobiography.
„Van Gaal has a good vision on football. But it's not mine. He wants to gel winning teams and has a militaristic way of working with his tactics. I don't. I want individuals to think for themselves and take the decision on the pitch that is best for the situation… I don't have anything against computers, but you judge football players intuitively and with your heart.“
reported in Maarten Meijer (2014). Louis van Gaal: The Biography.
„You should know that I had problems at the end of my career as a player here and I don't know if you know that someone [put] a rifle at my head and tied me up and tied up my wife in front of the children at our flat in Barcelona. The children were going to school accompanied by the police. The police slept in our house for three or four months. I was going to matches with a bodyguard. All these things change your point of view towards many things. There are moments in life in which there are other values. We wanted to stop this and be a little more sensible. It was the moment to leave football and I couldn't play in the World Cup after this.“
In an interview with Catalunya Radio (April 2008) https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/17/newsstory.sport, he said that the attempted kidnap (in 1977) was the reason he decided not to go to the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
„If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.“
In They said It: Johan Cruyff ( FIFA.com, 25 April 2014 http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=4/news=they-said-it-johan-cruyff-2323958.html).
