Maradona

McCoist said there is simply no way the two players can be compared due to how different football was in the 1980s compared to now By Kehinde Okeowo.

They almost played in a different sport!” He’s one of the most gifted footballers that I’ve ever seen. “Is Messi one of the most gifted players ever?

Shane, Aisling and Colm react to Argentina securing their place in the World Cup final with thanks to some Messi magic which raises the age old debate of ...

I was as shocked as everyone else that the ITV pundits Ian Wright, Gary Neville and Roy Keane were unanimous that the referee shouldn't have given it.

It's not a penalty." Ian Wright: "They didn't even check the VAR. [Dundee’s reported interest in signing St Johnstone’s Charlie Gilmour on a pre-contract in the summer](https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-fc/3975655/dundee-reportedly-eye-st-johnstone-charlie-gilmour-transfer/) is going to happen. He’s made himself bigger to challenge for it so the ‘he’s not obliged to get out of the way’ argument is a non-starter. As a proud members of the goalkeepers’ union, I’ll try to stick up for my comrades whenever I get the chance. But I know what it’s like to have a world class player in your team who is on another level to the rest.

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He will inevitably go down as one of the greatest to ever do it. Messi is Messi when he wears that shirt, and he’s another Messi with Argentina,” he said to It is impossible to quantify what Messi does for the sport and the people who love it. [Lionel Messi](https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/culture/julian-alvarez-messi-argentina-photo/) is one of the greatest football players on the planet. The late legend trained Messi for a time and was less than impressed with his performance on the Argentine team. Led by the legendary player [Diego Maradona](https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/things-that-matter/diego-maradonas-medical-team-homicide/), Argentina’s victory may have been the result of supernatural forces. Ever since then, the Argentine team has suffered a series of World Cup losses, one after another. [Curse of Tilcara](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/07/1134750285/argentina-world-cup-curse) has plagued Argentina since 1986, the last time the team won a World Cup. The thing is, they did end up winning, but they did not return to thank the Virgin of Copacabana for her blessings. But this is not the case with the people of [Argentina](https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/entertainment/miss-argentina-and-miss-puerto-rico-married/), where Messi was born. [World Cups](https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/culture/world-cup-2022-best-moments/) and has only performed well in two of them. [Messi](https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/culture/messi-says-he-doesnt-have-to-apologize-about-locker-room-misunderstanding/) is practically unstoppable with Barcelona, many Argentine fans feel like he doesn’t bring that same energy with him to his home country.

He has lasted much longer, scored many more goals, won far more trophies and behaved much better. Indeed, the stats are overwhelmingly in his favour. When Messi ...

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Maradona's 1986 World Cup is remembered primarily for the Hand of God and his wondergoal against England, but this was his best display.

In the photo below, Maradona has all his weight on that left foot still and, seemingly, will end up on his back. On the face of it, there is nowhere for Maradona to go as he takes a touch forward and three Belgium players confront him. One of them is Cuciuffo, who has continued his run, presumably more in hope than expectation that he will get the ball back. … receive on the back foot and with his body open. Look at the image below and the way in which three Belgium players have been drawn to Maradona. Frank Vercauteren, who is matching Maradona stride for stride in the picture below, is looking in completely the opposite direction to the ball. With six minutes gone, a Belgium cross has been cleared and is dropping out of the sky. Instinctively, he flicks the ball to Jorge Valdano with the outside of his left foot. Up in the stands the pace of life is rather more sedate. Two of that trio of Belgium players converged on Maradona, expecting him to come out of the turn and drive forward with the ball, exactly as he did against England. Memorable because the skill that Maradona uses to manoeuvre his way out of an area the size of a telephone box has long been named after him. Three days after breaking English hearts, Maradona returned to the Azteca and produced arguably an even better — certainly more complete — display against Belgium.

Argentine maestro is one game away from emulating the great Diego at World Cup 2022.

While Messi can roll back the years with surges like the one that tortured Gvardiol, he also needs, at 35, his moments of pause. It was his last match as an employee of River Plate ahead of the announcement of his signing for Manchester City, who promptly told him he was not needed in their first team for six months and could continue on loan at River. The pair of them, 22 and 21, have come a long way fast. Julian Alvarez was his grateful Burruchaga or Valdano, steering in his second goal of the semi-final. [place in the final of Qatar 2022](https://www.thenationalnews.com/fifa-world-cup-2022/2022/12/14/lionel-messi-lauds-argentinas-strength-of-character-after-securing-world-cup-final-spot/). Jorge Valdano and Jorge Burruchaga, who both scored in the winning final against West Germany a week later, had made runs to anticipate a Maradona cross.

Lionel Messi has carried Argentina's class of 2022 into the World Cup final in the same way Diego Maradona led the team to the title in 1986.

“We managed to win five finals and I hope it will be this way for the last game. It was very difficult what we did because every match was a final and this was a mental load because we knew things would be more complicated for us. He might be there already, but being a World Cup winner would end the debate. “Before in Argentina, it was valued to win or lose, but I think people now value other things.” Receiving the ball on the touchline just inside Croatia’s half, Messi lifted the ball over the challenge of Josko Gvardiol and sprinted down the right flank. I am enjoying it a lot and luckily enough I can help my whole squad to make things happen.”

Diego Armando Maradona's son pays tribute to Leo Messi on Instagram sharing a picture of his father embracing the PSG superstar.

I want to win for the third time, I want to be a world champion. “But that’s all over now, because at the Maracana, in the final against the Brazilians, Dad won once more. I can’t explain it to you, because you just won’t understand, how many years I mourned, for the finals that we lost.

Bustia is not afraid of putting Messi ahead of even Pele and Maradona, who have been universally acknowledged as two greatest players of all time.

“He is not expressive like Maradona because he is shy. But I have been a fan of Messi since he was a child, since he was 15. He is more mature. But Bustia says Messi has always been a leader with a different style. You have already given everything for us’,” he said, Being a footballer myself, I knew he was special.” So he is very free, he is feeling very happy on the field,” said Bustia who has travelled to Qatar for the World Cup with his Brazilian wife, Junia. “Messi is different, you can see that in every match. Messi was amazing in that tournament, he gave everything for us,” Bustia said. “But Messi for me is more complete. Messi has always been a great, a unique player. It’s been 16 years since Messi first played for Argentina in a World Cup.

Although Maradona's career was not as prolific as Messi's, winning the World Cup elevated him to the status of the greatest Argentine.

Since 1966, Messi is the first male player to score and assist in three different World Cup games. Messi broke many Argentine World Cup records at the 2022 World Cup, being the oldest player to score five goals in a FIFA World Cup. Messi scored his sixteenth goal for Argentina in 2022, the most for his country in any calendar year. Argentina will play defending champions France in the FIFA World Cup 2022 final on Sunday night at Lusail Stadium. Maradona remained [Argentina’s second top-scorer in World Cup until ](https://khelnow.com/football/2022-12-world-football-top-10-players-with-most-world-cup-goals-for-argentina)Lionel Messi eclipsed it. Argentina were eliminated by France in the 2018 World Cup, as Messi’s career entered its twilight.

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If the ball is left of centre-field and Maradona is patrolling the right, Batista will feed Roberto Giusti, who will pass to Jose Luis Cuciuffo so that the number 10 can receive the ball, raise the tempo and take on a couple of players in a bid to fashion an opening. But it wasn’t just in the goal involvements that he was a standout. Messi is the greatest player of his era, and the same was obvious of El Diego back in the 80s. When West Germany came from two down in the final to level the scores late on, Maradona immediately responded with a killer pass which Burruchaga finished with aplomb to win Argentina the World Cup. While the Paris Saint-Germain superstar is the spearhead of a talented Argentina side, his predecessor lifted the World Cup in Mexico alongside one of the least memorable Albiceleste outfits of any generation. And the temptation to draw parallels between Messi’s 2022 exploits and those of his late idol Diego Maradona in 1986 are natural.

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