Jerome Boateng Quotes

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

Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.

Salah's one of the best players in the world. He's fast, but I've played against other fast players such as Mbappe.

I think we have more athleticism, I think we have more pace and that's going to be important to deal with Ghana.

It is very hard to find a good defender who is strong and good with the ball. Very hard.

It gives me a lot of confidence to play with my feet, and I have to be focused for 90 minutes.

It's true: with players like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, it's difficult to catch them.

I am not a magician of football.

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

Ligue 1 is a very physical league. In each team, there are very fast players, dangerous wide men with plenty of speed and endurance.

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.

Messi is phenomental but in my opinion, Cristiano is a special player because he does everything for Madrid.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

If Messi is on top form, then his team can win everything.

At Liverpool, I studied Steven Gerrard all the time and improved my game that way. Here, I absorb all I can from Iniesta and Messi.

I cannot say who is better between Messi and Ronaldo. Because they are different players. Both are superstars.

I learned and played with the very best like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta.

When I play, I like to use my pace and to link up with my team-mates.

It's going to be a pleasure to coach Cristiano Ronaldo. Certainly, he's one of the top players in the world next to Lionel Messi, and I'm looking forward to the privilege of coaching such a fantastic player.

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

A keeper can almost never catch my shots.

Dybala's game is easier on the eye, but Pogba is extraordinary because he has physicality and technique.

Suarez and Neymar play the way they play because of him. They are great players but they are made greater by Messi.

In soccer, you have to be sly.