Barcelona Quote by Diego Simeone

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

The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two,…

— Michael Laudrup

Barcelona players know how to summon up Messi into the game, letting him rest in periods of the match and then using his services…

— Rivaldo

The Messi of the early years was a phenomenon, but he always wanted to finish off the move. Now he goes past one, two…

— Michael Laudrup

The only thing is against Messi you can stop him 10 times, but if he passes you once and scores, people say, 'Evra played…

— Patrice Evra

When Messi has the ball centrally, with time, he has so many options to hurt you.

— Lothar Matthaus

When you play Argentina and Messi, there are several ways to limit his impact, at least.

— Didier Deschamps

As a goalkeeper, it is a challenge to face Messi.

— David de Gea

“Discover constantly where the free man is and through passing, passing, passing, work the ball into forward positions.’ The high technical quality of Barcelona’s…

— Guillem Balague

For many players the opportunity to be able to play with Messi represents a huge incentive.

— Quique Setien

Getting involved in goals is what the attacking players want.

— Diogo Jota

We have ways to confront the attention that Messi gets. Some teams mark him personally; others get physical and surround him with players.

— Gerardo Martino