Johan Cruijff
–> (Jan 2009: on eliminating offside-rule) You’ll be forced to keep a player behind as soon as the opponent leaves a striker around the box. The field is kept long that way and pressure playing becomes impossible. Eliminating offside is an advantage for the lesser teams. They can play on the counter and get an extra advatage..” (Source in Dutch)
–> (1996) Cruijff wanted referees to become full-profs who apply the rules as strict as possible and he thought making mistakes is part of football. In his opinion: if you want to make football more attractive, people should be focusing on technical skills of players.
