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Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He…

— Zinedine Zidane

When I see Messi - who is the best player in the world in my opinion - lose the ball, he runs off until…

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Messi is a player who is able to go back, receive the ball, and create attacks, and then he can participate in the play…

— Dani Carvajal

Messi is not human with the ball.

— David Alaba

For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world.

— Johan Cruijff

I don't need to speak with my colleagues in the national side to know what kind of player Messi is. He's one of the…

— Jesus Navas

For the world of football, Messi is a treasure because he is role model for children around the world... Messi will be the player…

— Johan Cruijff

Let me tell you what it is like playing against Messi. You are up against a footballer who can take the ball either side…

— Paul Scholes

Messi is in a different world. He is the best player in world football, without any doubt.

— Arjen Robben

Never tackle, never go down, we've heard it over and over again. You have to try to keep Messi away from the goal and…

— Per Mertesacker

If Messi has the ball, he is fantastic to watch and difficult to stop. You have to double up on him, triple up on…

— Per Mertesacker

Messi is unique. Inimitable and unrepeatable. Like him, one every fifty years. As a child, he fell into the pot of the football genius.

— Marco van Basten