Analytical Center CIES Football Observatory conducted a calculation and found that midfielder Chelsea Eden Azar - the best in the leagues of the Top 5 on strokes. In view of this, Football. ua decided to collect the best quotes from the mouth of the Belgian dribbler.
"I try not to put myself at the beginning of the season in terms of goals, but my goal is to score more than last season's".
"If the defenders want to press me, roughly cutting me off so that I feel power contact, then there is no problem".
"I like it when the defenders play rough, make moves, because it gives me a chance to get around them".
"I always have the same role when I get the ball, I have to create something".
"If I want to reach a new level, I need to score more goals".
"I just want to be on the field, and it does not matter which position I'm on: right or left, I play a ten or an attacker. When we do not have a forward, I can help the team. I'm just trying to do my job ".
"I trained with Patrick Kluivert, he had the right mentality. I remember one day we were in the gym, he was doing exercises, and I did not do anything! So he started to show me and said: "Come on, Eden, you need to do this!".
"Patrick Kluivert - cool guy and top player. It was then that I began to realize that in football everything is not easy and you need to work if you want to achieve something ".
"It's from nature, I play instinctively. I do not think about what I need to do this or that. When I have the opportunity to come up with something on the field, I rely on instincts - sometimes I go to a game, sometimes I do the transfer ".
"You can see a lot of gear in modern football, but when we were young we saw a lot of videos on YouTube with Ronaldinho, Robinho and the like, because they like to go to a game, and we wanted to do it again".
"Ten years ago, when we were playing in the garden together (with Torgan Azar,. - Football. ua), we said that if one day we can play together in the same team, for a club or for the national team, it will be great. This was our dream, and it happened ".
"I prefer to play constantly because I love football and want to play, play, play and be on the field, but for the body and for freshness it's sometimes useful to rest and be completely ready for the next match".
"Zola was the player who was pleasant to watch just because of the love of football. Even if you did not root for Chelsea, you would still like the game Zola, because he gave people joy with their actions on the field ".
"We play together only three months (with Alvaro Morata,. - Football. ua), but it feels like we've been playing in a bunch for 10 years, because it's easy for us ".
"I was happy. Mom and Dad were in the room when I signed. There was the director of the Academy. I was next to him, I was only 15 years old, and then I started training with the main team. My first match for them I spent at the age of 16, "- Eden Azar about emotions, after signing the first professional contract.
"It's not so important for me to get into the Best Team of the season, it's more important for me to help the team".
"My job is scoring and doing assists, but if I can help the team on the defensive, for me it's not a problem. I'm young, I can run a lot ".
"When you play for Chelsea, every match is important, because even against small clubs it's hard to play".
"After the match, the boy came to our locker room, where we discussed with him this moment. I apologized, and he also apologized for his part. I think that the incident is over.. I'm sorry that it all happened so ", - Azar about the situation, when he struck the bolboy in the match Chelsea - Swansea.
"Champions League and World Championship - the two largest tournaments in the world. For a young player like me, it's useful to play in a club that can reach the semi-finals and finals, because I play football for this, for the big matches ".
"We have so many top-class players that they do not need to explain the subtleties of football".
"To begin with, in order to get into the top five in the world, I have much more to score. I would like to score in every match, because that's exactly what the best season in the world does every season - like Messi and Ronaldo ".
"I want to win everything, but yes, the Champions League is special because I never won it".
"That's why I play football - for the pleasure of playing and including for the fans. It's like if I went to a movie or to a play. If I go there, I want to be happy. It's important for me that all the fans who come to the game are happy, so my job is to bring them these emotions, and in every game I try to do it ".
"Plans for the future? I hope I will continue to play at the highest level, enjoy the game and bring pleasure to others. Now I'm doing it in Chelsea. Perhaps one day it will be elsewhere. And, most importantly, I hope to stop at the right time, when my body will tell me this. I do not want to play to just play ".
"We need people to know the truth: Eden will leave Chelsea when he wants to leave, that's all.". If the media write "Azar will go to Real Madrid," it does not mean that I will inevitably move to Real Madrid. But I'm used to rumors and do not pay any attention to them anymore ".
"Class - you have it or it is, or it is not. I do not know if I have it, it's not for me to talk about it. As for me, the highest class was in Zidane, but if you choose from the current players, it's Iniesta. If someone tells me that he does not like Iniesta, then I do not understand his motives. He has everything. It's fine".
"I scored my most beautiful goal for Lille at the gates of Marseille. We played on the road and won 2-1, I scored with my left foot, breaking through the meters with 32. It was an important match, after which we won the league. Marcel's crazy fans, but when I scored, they fell silent for 30 seconds. I just heard my mother screaming ".
"I realized that if I want to be one of the best players in the world, I have to demonstrate a stable game from the match to the match. Now I'm important to the team, I do good transfers, I score more goals, and Chelsea have a good game. When I played in France for Lille, I also sometimes gave top-level matches, but then I thought more about the beauty of the game and how to entertain the public. I'm still trying to do it, but now I've become more effective and a real team player ".
"Everyone expects more from me. I hear it every day. Perhaps I need these small comments. When the manager always says, "Eden, you're doing great," then you can relax. But, as a professional, you must challenge yourself every day. Ask yourself ".
"Of course, I want to be the best in the world. Previously, I was more concerned about the game itself: for me, football was just a game, a way of entertainment. I was not worried about what people think of me. But since I was at Chelsea, I began to understand better what I could do. I used to know that I am a good player, but not one of the best in the world. Now I realize that in the near future I will be able to compete with Messi and Ronaldo if I make some efforts. I do not know if I can ever reach their level. It will be difficult, they have incredible statistics, but I accept the challenge of ".
"I do not always agree with the coach, and I tell him about it, but I try to follow his instructions. In the end, he makes decisions, not I ".
"I was entrusted with the image of" Je m'en-foutist ", as we speak in French. The one who does not care. I have been playing professionally for five seasons, I rarely get injured, I follow a strict diet, I sleep well, I rest, and I do everything during. No one can accuse me of not living my job. Because I live ".
"When I was a kid, my idol was Zinedine Zidane. I hope that I can inspire children in Belgium and around the world, how he inspired me. When I was a little boy, I tried to improve my game and technique, watching him. I hope that now the children will try to copy me ".
"Some people go to night clubs, have fun, but it's not for me. I see my happiness in another: in my family and friends. I'm 23 years old, I'm the father of two children. Night clubs for 18-year-old single boys. The time that I have, I spend with my wife and my two sons, Janis and Leo. My children are my happiness and stability ".
"Football is a wonderful thing, but the family, your family, it's the most beautiful thing that you have. Without my family I'm nothing. This is my support and my happiness ".
"To enjoy myself on the field and show a good game, I must feel good in life. It's all connected - life and football ".
"After his dismissal, I sent a message to Jose Mourinho, saying that I'm sorry, and I apologized for not being able to play at my usual level".
"I think that from 2-3 years I always had a ball in my legs or in my hands. I loved football, it's true. My father played football, and my mother told me that we went not from home but to the stadium, to watch the game of the pope ".