“Messi is a very quick and technically gifted player. When you face him you have to make decisions in an instant. When he approaches you, you have to make the sign of the cross and pray that everything will be alright.”

—  Thiago Silva

Interview with Globo Esporte, 2011 http://www.football-italia.net/node/13081

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