Capello: 'For me, Messi is a genius; the rest are just great'
"Messi? For 85 minutes maybe, he does not show great things, but then he invents a play for you. For me he is a genius, the others are only great players. Messi is like Maradona, like Pelé, illuminates the stadium.
"​When he was 16 he was already a spark, in a trophy Gamper played against me, when I was training at Juventus. They were already giving him to an Iberian Serie B team, but then they decided to keep him after showing his qualities."
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