Thiago Silva Quotes

I love Forlan. He runs a lot, shoots with both feet, puts pressure on and he is intelligent and fast.

What I can say is that Neymar is a very good player, amazing.

Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

I love Mbappe. He is so quick, carries the ball so fast, and can run the length of the pitch.

Sadio is a world-class player. He has so many qualities. He's a very strong player; he's a very quick player. He's always scoring goals and creating chances for the team.

Ibrahimovic is a very intelligent player and there are very few strikers like him in world football.

If you give Messi a metre, he'll snatch the ball and leave you behind.

Dembele likes to take players on. He's a dribbler and a power player who likes to break into space; he has the ability to do this. He has a lot of virtues.

The way Cristiano Ronaldo plays is incredible.

Ronaldo is different from Messi. He is very impressive down the wings.

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

One of my friends, Bruno Andrade, was so quick, he just used to knock the ball past whoever he was playing against, and I thought, 'Why can't I do that?' Until then, I would try to dribble and maybe try a stepover, but Andre would just knock it then - beep, beep - and he was so fast, he would get there first.

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

Carrying the ball is one of the strongest points in my game and I like to be a danger on the pitch.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

Lionel Messi, I never saw him in the gym. I've never seen him train in the stops or do technical exercises.

We all know what a great player Cristiano is.

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

Michu and Van Persie are similar. They look alike. They are both tall, left-footed players. They are not fast, but they know when to make the runs.

It's harder to defend against Lionel Messi than Cristiano Ronaldo.

I really admire Zinedine Zidane and Frank Lampard. They are really skilful, and I like the way they shoot from distance.

It's difficult to mark Ronaldo. I think he has a lot of qualities. He has all the abilities a striker can possesses. He's very good with the head, the right foot, the left foot. His strike is the same whatever the feet.

I'm a strong striker, two-footed, and I can score goals.

It is very important to be able to play with your feet, and deal with one-on-ones.

Obviously, I don't have any real speed to work with so I have to use other things. The modern game is very speed based so as soon as managers see that you haven't got that pace it can be tough.