Lucas Boyé:
"The smartest thing a player can do is interpret when to keep the ball for a bit longer and when to release it. Only a handful are able to decipher those moments. I always try to interpret what the game demands but many times I do it wrong."
"The smartest thing a player can do is interpret when to keep the ball for a bit longer and when to release it. Only a handful are able to decipher those moments. I always try to interpret what the game demands but many times I do it wrong."
Every decision of a footballer betrays their state of mind, their understanding, their intentions. In an advanced role like Boyé's where space is scarce, each decision matters as touches on the ball are limited; Which is why he prefers to involve himself in the build-up.
Q: Analysis of your game indicates that 80% of your touches result in threat creation and allows the team to advance. This suggests you tend to choose well.
A: The numbers of course please me. But it's relative. Maybe when we advance, we could advance in another, faster way.
A: The numbers of course please me. But it's relative. Maybe when we advance, we could advance in another, faster way.
Q: Do you think a lot on the field?
A: No. The field is not a place to think but execute. You think during the week. You only have milliseconds on the field, there is no time to think. If you can think and execute on the field, I'd say you prepared well during the week.
A: No. The field is not a place to think but execute. You think during the week. You only have milliseconds on the field, there is no time to think. If you can think and execute on the field, I'd say you prepared well during the week.
You play like you train, where managers aim to replicate match-like situations/conditions in training: Its goal is for the manager to know how to field, but it is also to help players prepare. If they know what to do during the match, chances are high they're prepared well.
"I really like the contact with the ball and being able to touch it. I don't want to be isolated from the game. I'm not that type of nine who waits for that opportunity in the area."
Years don't change the urgent need to touch the ball: An infancy that cannot be erased.
Years don't change the urgent need to touch the ball: An infancy that cannot be erased.
"Players who attack space all the time have a great virtue. But for that you have to be very optimistic because it is wearisome and you don't know if you will receive the ball at the end of your run".
Fans encourage those runs but often forget their psychological implications.
Fans encourage those runs but often forget their psychological implications.
A player without confidence may have troubles with the ball, but so does it follow them without the ball; If a player does not attack space, it is not only intellectual: For it requires confidence of reception and trust of the teammates: A dimension often forgotten.
"Benzema drives me crazy. He almost always makes sense. He is the best 9 in the world and it is contradictory. When you see him leave the area, if you don't understand much about football, you think: “but what is he doing there? To score a goal you have to be close to the goal!”
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Spanish speakers may further enjoy the full interview of Lucas Boyé w/ @elpais_deportes . Recommended read. First time I hear Boyé talking, but I definitely don't regret it. A true sensation for sure, but equally so an inspiring speaker.
Spanish speakers may further enjoy the full interview of Lucas Boyé w/ @elpais_deportes . Recommended read. First time I hear Boyé talking, but I definitely don't regret it. A true sensation for sure, but equally so an inspiring speaker.
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