“It is not blasphemous to compare Thiago Silva to Franco Baresi. With all due respect to Franco, who was a sacred monster, but Thiago Silva is just as phenomenal.”

— Thiago Silva

Gennaro Gattuso, 2012 http://www.acmilan.com/pt/news/breaking_news_show/19502
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