From then on, I always played center forward even though most of the Black-Yellow team was faster or technically more gifted. But I had a quicker apprehension of movements in space and always had an instinctive nose for goal. That often drew the opposing defenders to me, which created space for my teammates. I could read situations, and those were the kind of players who always impressed me most, someone like the 1980s Italian defender Franco Baresi, who could intuit the collective intentions of the opposing forward line; no one matched the depth of his understanding of the game. As a forward, the Bayern Munich player Thomas Müller is the same species; he seems able to ghost into the area unopposed; he identified space like no one else, and no one seemed able to track his movements.

– Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog seems a man who can offer an insight on any topic. From the joys of living in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, to Franco Baresi’s masterful reading of the game.

Herzog, Werner. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir. United States: Penguin Publishing Group, 2023.