Thiago Alcantara

“We have this beautiful tradition at Bayern that we all get together with our families after the game in a room and celebrate the wins. That is why it hurts a lot more when we lose.”

“Speculating on the future serves for nothing.”

“We have to play football and not talk. We don't talk about politics, the personal opinions, and debates - you take them home. We only talk about football. That's what we are here for.”

“Munich is a spectacular city with fantastic flair and a tremendous passion for football.”

“Leo is the best player in the world; that is very clear.”

“I want to be a footballer. I don't want to do anything else.”

“It's always complicated to play against Italy.”

“One of my dreams is to lift a title with Spain. I lifted titles in the past that did not feel like mine.”

“I arrived in Spain at three years old when my dad played in Valencia. Then we spent a lot of time in Vigo in the northwest part of Spain.”

“I would like to play with all the great players who would love to come to Bayern.”

“For any dad who has two footballing sons, to have them in a semi-final and know that at least one will reach the final is the best present in the world.”

“I owe everything to Spain - that's where I learned to write, to read, and to play football.”

“In Spain, everything's more tactical, more technical, with more possession. In Germany, it's more physical; it's about the runs you make, the counterattacks, and the German mentality is unique: whatever the score, you go to the 90th minute.”

“Luck is something you find, or you go for it.”

“I love watching English football. It's the league I most enjoy.”

“Being with the first team is a reward for me. I'll take the opportunity with everything I have.”

“Spain started to generate a very good playing style from Pep Guardiola's arrival at Barcelona.”

“Now it's up to me to prove that I can play for Barcelona and help the team to stay at the top.”

“I just want to be on top of my game, because that benefits my team-mates as well.”

“My feeling is that my body and all my things inside me - when I move, when I do everything - are Brazilian because my family is Brazilian, and my mother language is Brazilian Portuguese. But all the thinking in my life, all the treatment with people, I think I'm more from Spain. That's how I grew up.”