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“Sometimes you get players who are faster than you or who can trick you with some skill. Sometimes you make the foul.”
“Real Madrid are one of the main teams in Europe. They are a team which has won the Champions League the most times, a very good team, and known throughout the whole world as well.”
“That is what it is like with Pep. At first, you don't understand. But then you grow up, you work, and now we understand the things he wants much better. It's not like the first season when it took him more time to make us understand his ideas. Some players didn't understand immediately what he wanted.”
“Pellegrini is always calm; if you have problems, he will try to resolve it.”
“When you're a child, you watch Brazil on TV and feel that desire to be a national team player, so when you get here, you make a dream come true, and it's a huge honour to me and to every player who wears the Brazil shirt.”
“Playing for Brazil is a huge pleasure. I think it's a huge pride.”
“I've played a few times in stadiums where the fans have been banned, and it's just not the same.”
“I smile because I am a happy guy.”
“With Pep in charge, I feel sure we can win significant silverware and, importantly, we will try to do it playing attractive, attacking football.”
“My first aim is to play well for my club, Manchester City. If I do, I am sure that will come to the attention of the national manager.”
“No matter how great a squad is, a competition like the Champions League is not easily won.”
“I like every competition I can play.”
“Wembley is special.”
“When you play on bad surfaces, you have to show your character and keep your concentration for the whole 90 minutes.”
“Every player at a high level faces pressure and must respond, and I am ready for that, too.”
“It is impossible to do it for the whole game, but when you have the ball for most of the game and have players like Samir Nasri, David Silva, Yaya Toure, and Raheem Sterling, they keep the ball so well.”
“It is not easy to play two games, travel, and keep the same performance in 48 hours.”
“There are a lot of people in England with good football knowledge.”
“In my country, they used to call players who play in my position a defensive midfielder, but it is not defensive.”
“If someone was ever racist towards me, I would go wild.”