Teamwork and Player Development in Soccer

Spain for example, they win Euros. If you see Spain, the way they play, you see everyone knows his rules.

This is why they win. It's not a coincidence. They beat everybody. They deserve. They work as a team.

And the big teams, the teams who win more titles and Champions League, it's the team that plays, they know their rules.

In my opinion.

They sacrifice themselves.

Exactly.

But back to the point about going from winger to a number 9 and scoring loads of goals.

What did you have to change? Did Sir Alex Ferguson give you any pointers?

Did maybe Van Nistelrooy or did somebody say to you, you need to change this?

What did you have to work on that was different from being a winger to become the crazy goal scorer?

I realised that the environment that I have, the players who I play with, I learn.

I take something from all of them, in my opinion.

Like who? Like what? Ruud?

Everyone. Even from the defenders. You take, as I told you before, you take a piece of everybody, I mean the best ones, the most professional, and you build yourself.