To me, Messi is better than Maradona. I play with him, I see him every day, and to me he is the best.
Messi is the best, just like Cristiano Ronaldo, but you can only achieve something if you play as a team.
His ball technique is superb, but most importantly, he can react to how the game develops. At the last possible moment in any situation, he can find the ideal solution. There are a lot of ways that Messi can finish an attack.
People should know that I am Dybala, and I want to continue to be so. I understand the comparisons and expectations on me from the Argentines, but I don’t want to be the new Messi or the Messi of the future.
Messi is much better than Cristiano Ronaldo.
You can’t compare my game with Messi’s, Neymar’s, or Cristiano Ronaldo’s.
We have ways to confront the attention that Messi gets. Some teams mark him personally; others get physical and surround him with players.
Messi is always compared to Maradona, but he needs to win the World Cup because if you don’t win the World Cup, you can’t be up there with the very best.
The world’s best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.
How do we stop Messi? I don’t know.
He does not scare us; other things in life scare me. We all respect Messi, and he is one of the best players in the world.
Messi has a unique talent, he plays alongside quality players like Xavi and Andres Iniesta. Cristiano is also a great player.
I am not saying that I am at the same level as Messi or Ronaldo. They are the best two players in the world, but I am very proud that I managed to finish above them in the goalscoring charts, especially as I was playing for Atletico Madrid, not Barcelona or Real Madrid.
I don’t think a player like Messi is a selfish player.
Modric is a great player, one of the best in the world. But Messi is like at a separate table, plays at another level.
Lionel Messi is awesome.
I really like Neymar too, but I really like Messi.
The press often ask me about Messi and Ronaldo and who is the best, but one thing for me is very clear. For me, the No. 1 is Andres Iniesta, because he is my team-mate for Spain, and I can see that he is able to do even more difficult things on the pitch.
At Barcelona, I was exposed to talent. You had Ronaldinho, who was a marvel to watch. Deco is skilful and talented. Then there are players like Xavi, a good and hardworking man who gave his all. Iniesta is another. Then the name of Messi will come up in that list.
Messi’s career is a cinema script.
Of course Messi could handle a cold Tuesday night in Stoke. He’d be drinking tea and relaxing beforehand. Me? I’d probably be the same.
In the end, I know my qualities and I know I’m not Messi. I’m Bojan.
Unless I play like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, it’ll be hard to give myself 100 out of 100.
Messi is just an anomaly: he can dribble, he can score, he can pass, he has the vision, he understands the game.
I cannot say who is better between Messi and Ronaldo. Because they are different players. Both are superstars.
It’s like Barcelona who have Messi. He decides games with his attacking play; Oblak resolves them with his saves.
It is possible to stop Messi. Teams do it when he plays for Argentina. But the Barcelona Messi is different.
