Messi is the Mozart of football.

I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

A Mediterranean city is really my culture.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian.

There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.

Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends