Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic.

Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

The ball is an essential part of the game.

The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.

I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet.

I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.