Against Quote by Thibaut Courtois

Messi scores three goals every game. If you score one goal, you're not Messi.

— Bojan Krkic

As soon as your attention goes off Messi, he pops up and scores you a few goals.

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

I can honestly tell you that playing against Messi is very difficult.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

I have played against greats, like Ronaldo and Hazard. But I love watching Messi's touch of the ball, his style.

— Marco Verratti

Could I stop Messi if I played soccer? Probably if I had been playing all my life I could. It's just determination.

— Dillon Brooks

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

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

— David de Gea

I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.

— Kobe Bryant

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

I always knew I was going to play with Messi one day.

— Ousmane Dembele

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

— Francesco Totti

As a finisher, there are few players as composed as Messi. When you can score as many different kinds of goal as he can,…

— Paul Scholes