Giorgio Chiellini Quotes

Considering Messi's quality and everything he represents, I don't think I've seen him playing with a guy following him around the pitch the entire time with the sole purpose of not letting him play.

Messi simply cannot be stopped by yourself. Ronaldo is easier because he is more about athletic prowess.

I'm a Ronaldo fan as well, and for me, they're the top two players in the world. But for me, Messi is the kind of player that can do anything.

The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.

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

For me, the best player in the world is Messi, but the second one is Cristiano.

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 block him with multiple players while being as close to him as possible. He is too quick, too fast, too intense with the ball.

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

I can mark Messi only in my dreams.

Messi is a good stimulus for Cristiano.

Modric is spectacular, but Messi has no comparison with Luka or anyone.

If Messi has the ball, he is fantastic to watch and difficult to stop. You have to double up on him, triple up on him even, stay with him constantly to block his way to the goal.

Ronaldo is brilliant, Messi more my kind of player. He sees the game so clearly. He can score, create; he's the complete player - the best ever, probably.

Messi can get around his opponent in just a square meter. Ronaldo needs more space.

I'd love to play with Messi.

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

Messi is a star in every sense. He is not as timid as he seems.

If Messi were Brazilian, he would be a world champion.

Messi is just extraordinary.

If you ask me who I would have liked to play with, I would say that with Messi.

Messi is the greatest, but he has always been surrounded by other great players.

I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.

Messi is the same player in Barcelona and Argentina, and it would be the same if he played with Australia.

Ronaldo? He is the most dangerous player at Real. It is hard to stop him, like Messi, because both score a lot of goals, and you never know what is going to be the next thing they will invent for scoring.

We know it's impossible sometimes to have good defending against Cristiano Ronaldo but we want to keep the ball, with good possession, as then he can do nothing in attack.