Ibrahimovic has bad technique for good player - Cruyff

[dww]

* Reuters, Tuesday April 27 2010 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/feedarticle/9049740]

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STOCKHOLM, April 27 (Reuters) - Sweden and Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has "good technique for a bad player, bad technique for a good player," according to Dutch great Johan Cruyff.
"You have to get more out of the qualities you have," the former Barcelona player and coach and the club's honorary president said in an interview in the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet.
"You have to be effective," Cruyff added in a reference to the striker, "especially if you come to a big club from another country. The biggest and hardest steps are the mental ones."
Ibrahimovic joined the European champions from Inter Milan in July in a swap deal with Samuel Eto'o.
Cruyff praised Cameroon striker Eto'o for his ability to switch from attack to defence.
"That is one of the details Ibrahimovic must learn because if you lose the ball as a forward in Italy it makes no difference," said the Dutch maestro.
"But if you lose the ball as a forward at Barcelona you're the first one to get running."
Barcelona trail Inter 3-1 going into Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg at the Nou Camp.
Cruyff said he was confident his side could overturn their deficit and took a swipe at Inter coach Jose Mourinho.
"Mourinho is a good coach but I don't like the way he coaches," he said.
"I'm a bigger fan of coaches like (Frank) Riijkaard, (Barcelona's Pep) Guardiola -- gentlemen. I think this sport is about something more than just winning."
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor, editing by Tony Jimenez. To query or comment on this story email [email protected])

[CJ]

* Reuters, Tuesday April 27 2010 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/feedarticle/9049740]

(removes incorrect reference to World Cup in para 4)
STOCKHOLM, April 27 (Reuters) - Sweden and Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has "good technique for a bad player, bad technique for a good player," according to Dutch great Johan Cruyff.
"You have to get more out of the qualities you have," the former Barcelona player and coach and the club's honorary president said in an interview in the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet.
"You have to be effective," Cruyff added in a reference to the striker, "especially if you come to a big club from another country. The biggest and hardest steps are the mental ones."
Ibrahimovic joined the European champions from Inter Milan in July in a swap deal with Samuel Eto'o.
Cruyff praised Cameroon striker Eto'o for his ability to switch from attack to defence.
"That is one of the details Ibrahimovic must learn because if you lose the ball as a forward in Italy it makes no difference," said the Dutch maestro.
"But if you lose the ball as a forward at Barcelona you're the first one to get running."
Barcelona trail Inter 3-1 going into Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg at the Nou Camp.
Cruyff said he was confident his side could overturn their deficit and took a swipe at Inter coach Jose Mourinho.
"Mourinho is a good coach but I don't like the way he coaches," he said.
"I'm a bigger fan of coaches like (Frank) Riijkaard, (Barcelona's Pep) Guardiola -- gentlemen. I think this sport is about something more than just winning."
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor, editing by Tony Jimenez. To query or comment on this story email [email protected])

didnt that gentleman Frank Riijkaard spit in Rudi Vollers face?

[Shaggy]

Landed in his hair if I remember rightly.

[MrsB]

Cruyff is a cock.

[johnp]

Landed in his hair if I remember rightly.

Here ya go

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I remember that Dunphy (on RTE) in the post match analysis.
He had the techy team play the video and shout "STOP IT RIGHT THERE".
He then got one of them markers and circle the spit, saying "That's a world-class spit"

[Leyton388]

Now then sailor!



I knew he was a bummer!

[-V-]

[Leyton388]

Pique & Ibra bum buddies?

No straight men embrace like that. It looks so tender! LOL

[-V-]

Yeah its looks like Pique is trying to convince him and Ibrahamovic is saying no not just now iv got a sore arse

[Shaggy]

A few days ago, Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gerard Pique were pictured doing whatever that is you see above. Much giggling and sexuality questioning ensued all across the internet.

So as the question of what exactly was going on between these two persisted for some very, very bored people, one female reporter actually took the question to Zlatan himself. And, according to El Mundo, he responded thusly:


"Come to my house with your sister and see if I'm queer."

[Leyton388]

Yeah she will soon see he is a Queer when they put on Mama Mia sing along!

[EwarWoo]

"Come to my house with your sister and see if I'm queer."

To be fair that does sound pretty much like what you'd expect a closetted homo to respond.

[red g]

To be fair that does sound pretty much like what you'd expect a closetted homo to respond.

[paulg]

Regardless of Ibrahimovic, surely the fact that it's ok to question a player's sexuality with the aim of demeaning them because of it, is ridiculous in 2010? Have we learned nothing from Justin Fashanu.

bit of a rant out of nowhere, perhaps, but it saddens me that the media still think this kind of thing is news on any level.

[MrMichael]

Regardless of Ibrahimovic, surely the fact that it's ok to question a player's sexuality with the aim of demeaning them because of it, is ridiculous in 2010? Have we learned nothing from Justin Fashanu.

bit of a rant out of nowhere, perhaps, but it saddens me that the media still think this kind of thing is news on any level.

Too right