Tim Koning

🗣️ Lionel Scaloni: "We are losing the essence of football. Not only at a professional level but also with kids." "My children play in Spain and are overwhelmed with information. They receive the ball, and they're already being told what to do." "There are fewer dribblers because if they barely get the ball and you say, 'Pass it!'... Imagine if Messi, when he was eight years old, had been constantly told by his coaches to "Pass it!" We wouldn't have him today." "Football has become such a huge thing, everyone reads, studies, and thinks that with that, they can already manage." "If you tell a 7 or 8-year-old to make a diagonal run, cover defensively... He's seven years old! Let him play with the ball, make mistakes, and when he's 14 or 15, then we can start correcting." "It's a message for the future. This is a sport, and the beauty of football should not be lost."