PSG star Maxwell: "Messi's humility stayed with me"
"Messi is a player who is different from the rest. He's unique," explained the veteran left back
PSG defender Maxwell spoke to Cadena SER ahead of the Champions League ties between the French champions and FC Barcelona which start later in February. Here are some of his key quotes:
Lionel Messi
Messi is a player who is different from the rest. He's unique. He's not just a spectacular player, he's a person that has had an impact on me. His humilty had an impact on me, for a person with so much professional success he has such personal simplicity.
Neymar
There's no need to make comparisons between Messi and Neymar, they are different quantitites. Neymar has a magical play, with his moves he makes us dream football.
PSG
PSG are getting back to normal. At the start of the season we had some difficult moments but good results are making a better atmosphere.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
PSG without Ibra is very different to PSG with Ibra. We miss his technical quality on the pitch and his leadership off it. His departure was a very tough blow.
Edinson Cavani
Cavani brings us a different type of play, we have changed our way of playing. We suffered with the change but now we are adapting.
Barca-PSG
Nobody wants to face Barcelona before the final, they are favourites from the start. We have met in three knock-out ties already. The two teams know each other, we will try to make things different from the last times.
Our ambition is to win the Champions League, or at least go further than we have done so far. We will give everything against Barcelona, so we don't have anyhting to regret. Last year against Man City we had the sensation that we didn't give everything.
His time at Barcelona under Pep Guardiola
I have never played in a side so complete, with such a good atmosphere in the squad and clam. I was very lucky to be able to play under Guardiola at Barcelona. I learned a lot about football.
