Balls Quote by Timo Werner

In England people play a lot of long balls, it's a bit different style of play than here in the national team.

— Timo Werner

I've always been very good at playing long balls. That was an attribute that my old club Benfica used to exploit because you can't…

— Ederson

Today people hit the ball with much more strength. Almost every player is capable of playing a winning stroke from any position. This means…

— Rafael Nadal

If you play every time, long balls, you lose possession and you lose momentum. I don't want to be like that.

— Unai Emery

In England you get fitness from playing.

— Andre Schurrle

I try to play in one way all my career and here, with high pressing, but it is different in England. Many times the…

— Pep Guardiola

It's one of my stronger points claiming high balls. I'm tall, so that helps me. If you're a smaller goalkeeper, crosses in England are…

— Thibaut Courtois

You know that when you come to England, there are a lot of players who like to play a more physical game.

— Vincent Janssen

It's not easy to create chances or a game when you're just receiving long balls.

— David Alaba

We've seen that playing as a team, having a strategy and playing with strength make a huge difference on the pitch.

— Marquinhos

In training, the players would deliberately hit high balls into me and barge into me so I'd get used to that side of the…

— David de Gea

The English league itself is very strong physically, very demanding.

— Fernandinho