Backwards Quote by Zinedine Zidane

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

I love watching Messi with the ball at his feet. He scores goals and everything else.

— Ronaldo

Some footballers develop reputations for rolling around, diving, flopping, dropping. But Messi is different. If he wants to keep the ball and stay upright,…

— Chris Sutton

I think Messi is the best forward in the world. It is very difficult to play against him. But he is not only a…

— Nemanja Vidic

Messi is a genius. He has everything. When I watch him, I see a player who is very, very, skilful, very clever and his…

— Franz Beckenbauer

There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.

— Carles Puyol

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 plays in Spain, we know he makes a difference, but if you've played against him then maybe you're aware of situations that can…

— Didier Deschamps

Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable. He's the only player who can change direction at such a pace.

— Frank Rijkaard

His ball technique is superb, but most importantly, he can react to how the game develops. At the last possible moment in any situation,…

— Petr Cech

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

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