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“I saw Daniele when he was growing up as a player. He got to the Juve primavera team, and I would have put money on him playing in Serie A one day.
“I have to congratulate him, he’s on a meteoric rise, he’s made Serie A and the national team in the space of a year.
“The congratulations are due not only for his age, but for his attitude. He takes things on board, and applies himself to be better every day.
“He doesn’t have the natural talent of [Lionel] Messi, but by working every day he got here.
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He will improve every year until he retires. It’s a very important gift, things have never gone to his head, even when joining the Juventus youth team, where it’s not easy to stay down to earth and work with humility when you’re 17-18.