Who is better? Diego Maradona or Lionel Messi?
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Argentina Coach Diego Maradona: Lionel Messi Is Better Than I Was At World Cup '86
El Pelusa sees Messi as central to Argentina's hopes.
Diego Maradona at Soccer City Stadium - JohannesburgArgentina coach Diego Maradona has declared that Lionel Messi will make more of an impact at the World Cup finals in South Africa than he made when the Albicelestes won it in Mexico in 1986.
Maradona was the outstanding player of the tournament 24 years ago and has now stated that he has told Messi to follow in his footsteps by leading Argentina to glory in South Africa.
"Messi is better than me at World Cup '86. He's the best player in the world and better by far compared to others. In 86, in Mexico, I did it with the ball, I grew up and my team-mates followed. Now I have explained the same to Leo to do it in South Africa and he has understood," Maradona is quoted as saying by Sport before adding that he wants everything to go through Messi at the finals next month.
"It is fortunate that Leo was born in Argentina and I can train him. Whoever does not want to understand that, that it is their problem.
"Messi is well aware that colleagues expect him to be the icing on the cake. He has to be the leader with the ball. We need him to lead by example in the squad and on the pitch.
"He has to be the leader of the ball. When we play football and the ball does not pass through Messi, then ball goes through me but I cannot move so then we are going wrong." -
GREAT SKILLS BY BOTH, DIEGO MARADONA & LIONEL MESSI.
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This is a subjective question, imo, I will pick Maradona, for now. Only until Messi win a WC medal then he can be considered the BEST of the decade if not a century.
Skill wise, both are almost as good as each other.
But Messi just lack of the WC medal to be a complete package.
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we had this thread before already ..
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And what was the result then...?
No difference, without a doubt it's Maradona...
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