Helping Quote by Jose Mourinho

The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay…

— Jose Mourinho

How do you mark Ronaldo? You try not to leave him alone and don't let him shoot on his right foot. As for Messi...…

— Giorgio Chiellini

How do we stop Messi? I don't know.

— Pedro

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

It is possible to stop Messi. Teams do it when he plays for Argentina. But the Barcelona Messi is different.

— Lothar Matthaus

Messi is the best player in the world, the things he does with the ball are incredible. If someone knows how to stop him,…

— Javier Zanetti

I'm always in the 'butcher' role. But the only way to stop Messi one-on-one is to foul him. Otherwise, if I'm alone, I'll only…

— Filipe Luis

There's no way to stop Messi. The only way is for him not to have a good day, but that's difficult because most of…

— Alvaro Morata

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

There is only one player who is doing things that I could never do - and that is Messi.

— Francesco Totti

When Messi gets the chance to go one against one, he is very difficult to stop on his own.

— Lothar Matthaus

There is no defence that can stop Messi. It is impossible.

— Pep Guardiola