> “The worst mistake would be to compare him to Messi and Maradona. He is the midst of a process. He has exceptional footballing maturity and lives it all with total naturalness,” he told reporters.
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> “He has great serenity and strength. We have to let him follow his path but those players who have something different are ready for that. They’re geniuses, like Dalí \[who\] can paint a picture, or Michelangelo.
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> “They’re different. What is exceptional to us, isn’t to them. In those extremes, they feel comfortable. Why? Because they are different. What we think is exceptional, they consider normal.”