Grant Wahl

“So Guardiola says, principle number one: the risk of always attacking. The open man is the key to keeping possession. You always have to find the opening. The next passing lane is the open man. The third man gives depth. So if I play to you and you back to me, the depth is given by the guy who is running forward. The intention of moving the ball is not to move the ball. It is to move the opposition. And finally: Always try to play in between the lines. So this risk of playing man to man, we’ll take that. It’s very risky, but we’ll do it.” At”
― Grant Wahl, Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game