the ball speaks many languages. ⚽️
Melbourne, Victoria
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Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
🇦🇷🔻Marcelo Bielsa: "I am sure that football is in a process of decline."
"It is becoming less and less attractive because what made it the best game in the world is not there anymore."
"If you let a lot of people watch football, but you don't protect the pleasure of what they watch, that favours business, because the business is that a lot of people watch football."
"For me, the introduction of technology (like VAR) does a lot of harm to football."
"This sport has a particularity: when it becomes completely predictable, it loses its appeal."
"As time passes, as fewer and fewer footballers are worth watching and as the game produced is less and less enjoyable, this artificial increase in the number of spectators will be interrupted."
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
"Technical skill not athleticism predicts an individual’s ability to maintain possession in small-sided football games."
"The best players don't keep the ball because they're the fastest. They keep the ball because they're the most technically capable."
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Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
🚨🐐 CRISTIANO RONALDO ON NEYMAR: “PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH TALENT THIS GUY HAS!” 🇵🇹🇧🇷
🗣️ CRISTIANO RONALDO:
“Neymar is one of the most talented players I have ever seen. People talk about the Ballon d’Or, Champions League trophies and individual records, but sometimes they forget what makes a footballer truly special.
“When Neymar has the ball at his feet, you never know what he is going to do next. He can dribble past three players, create a chance out of nothing and make something difficult look easy.
“I think people are sometimes too harsh on him because they expected him to achieve everything Messi and I achieved. But every player has his own journey, and you cannot judge someone's entire career by the trophies he didn't win.
“Football needs players like Neymar. Players who entertain, take risks and make millions of people fall in love with the game.
“His talent was never the question. If injuries had been kinder to him, we might be having a very different conversation today.
“NEVER CONFUSE A CAREER THAT DIDN'T MEET EXPECTATIONS WITH A PLAYER WHO LACKED GREATNESS.” 🇧🇷❤️🐐
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
🇧🇷🎙️ NEYMAR RESPONDS TO THOSE WHO CLAIM HE WASTED HIS TALENT! 😳🔥
🗣️ NEYMAR:
“People say I wasted my career because I didn't win five Ballon d'Or awards. But since when did football become only about individual trophies?
“Millions of children tried to copy my skills. Millions of fans wore my shirt, and millions fell in love with football because they enjoyed watching me play.
“You cannot measure that kind of impact with trophies or individual awards.
“Of course, I wanted to win more. I wanted more success, more unforgettable nights and more moments to celebrate with my teammates. I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
“But not achieving everything people expected of me doesn't mean I failed.
“I won major trophies, represented Brazil, played alongside some of the greatest footballers in history and gave fans moments they will never forget.
“Maybe my career didn't follow the path everyone imagined, but I lived my dream and entertained millions of people around the world.
“If inspiring children, bringing joy to fans and making people fall in love with football is what you call wasting talent…
THEN I'LL HAPPILY ACCEPT THAT CRITICISM.” 🇧🇷❤️🎙️.
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
Rayan Cherki vs Liverpool:
1 Goal
11.2KM Distance Covered
88 Touches
64 Accurate Passes
91% Pass Accuracy
8 Passes Into Final Third
7 Ground Duels Won
7 Line-Breaking Passes
6 Touches In Opposition Box
3 Tackles
3 Recoveries
3 Accurate Long Balls
3 Successful Dribbles
2 Chances Created
1 Was Fouled
1 Shot On Target
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
🩵🪄 Rayan Cherki has 6 G/A in 6 Premier League games this season, with 4 goals and 2 assists.
5 goals in all competitions. Magic. 🇫🇷
“.. future ballon dor winner..” 💯
#cherki #rayancherki
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
Teaching “possession like Barcelona” in youth football is missing the point.
Youth players need to learn spacing, movement, and decision-making before they can play any style effectively.
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
Nicolás Tagliafico, en @ClankJPV: “Hoy se está dependiendo más del entrenador, lamentablemente. Siento que los chicos juegan más automático, no dejan volar esa creatividad como antes. Y los entrenadores están buscando cómo salir jugando, si el rival presiona de una manera… Está buenísimo dar herramientas al equipo, pero no podés depender de eso porque el fútbol es dinámico y el rival también va a hacer cosas para incomodarte; si te bloqueás con las cosas que practicaste y no sacás eso creativo, se hace un partido muy chato, no le sacás el jugo al jugador. Está pasando: cada vez más el detalle, lo táctico, el juego automático, y no tanto lo libre que puede generar el jugador”.
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
Michael Owen has shared his thoughts on the modern game losing some of its imagination and it really strikes a chord with me personally...
“Back then, Football had soul. Beckham bending it from 40 yards, Pirlo slowing time, Scholes seeing passes before they existed. Now it’s press, run, recycle. Athletes everywhere, artists rare. We’ve upgraded engines & downgraded imagination.” 👏🗣
Have to say I agree, I am not sure if it's just an aspect of getting older and everything seeming more magical as a kid, but the Premier League and football doesn't seem as special as it once did in the early 2000s. It's such a shame really as looking back on those times you see some of the most special football ever played, today's game is more boring and stale...
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
✨ Lilian Thuram, à propos des dribbles de Messi, et de la liberté creative qu’il faut laisser aux enfants ✨
🗣️ “ Aujourd'hui, on entend des éducateurs dire en permanence: "Arrête de dribbler, arrête de dribbler !"
Si on avait dit ça à Messi, il n'aurait pas été Messi.
Il faut laisser dribbler les jeunes qui savent dribbler.
En grandissant, ils sauront faire le bon choix.
Ses formateurs à la Masia ont eu l'intelligence de ne pas le brider.
Dans le foot, les dribbleurs feront toujours la différence, les matchs sans dribbles sont ennuyeux. ”
Extrait : So Foot 🗞️
Daniel Cappellaro retweeted
A CLUB SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER:
What football do we want to play?
What type of players fit our identity?
How do we want those players to be developed?
What does our academy stand for — and what should it produce?
What behaviours do we expect from our players and coaches?
What short-term setbacks are we willing to accept for long-term growth?
And most importantly…
How much time are we willing to give the process?
Because when results don’t arrive immediately, the real test of a club begins.
If the first reaction is:
“Change the coach.”
Then maybe there was never a strategy.
There was only a reaction to results.
A genuine football strategy requires clarity, alignment, consistency and patience.
The coach, the academy, recruitment and leadership must all be moving in the same direction.
Don’t just build teams that win today.
Build a club that knows why it wins tomorrow.
