> “With the ball at his feet it’s something extraordinary. There is no left-back in the world who can say ‘come on, dribble me, let’s see if you can’. Everyone is afraid, everyone defends by backing down, and that is what it produces,” he told RMC Sport.
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> “It’s a bit like what they thought of Messi when he did 1 on 1: let’s see where he is going to come out, what he is going to do, if he is going to cut, if he is going to accelerate, if he is going to stop, if he is going to retreat, if he is going to shoot from distance, if he is going to give a clean pass to his teammate.”