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According to coach Arsene Wenger, Lionel Messi is only recognized as Diego Maradona as long as he wins the World Cup.
“It is paradoxical that Argentina is the best player in the world, but he did not win the World Cup,” Wenger said on the page. Infobae (Argentina) “Messi knows that until he wins the title, he lives in the shadow of Maradona. The interesting thing is that Messi is the opposite of Maradona, who is an extrovert. Messi is calm, introverted and” Not much. They are both geniuses. Messi is more successful at the club level, but to be fully recognized as Maradona, he has to win the World Cup with Argentina. “
Messi (right) has always been compared to his compatriot Maradona. Photos: Reuters.
Messi is especially successful at club level, with 10 La Liga titles, four Champions League matches with Barça. He holds a record for six Golden Balls, the world’s most prestigious individual soccer title. But at the team level, Messi has not yet reached the peak. In addition to three defeats in the Copa América final, he and his teammates made it to the final match of the 2014 World Cup, but lost to Germany 0-1.
Wenger judged: “Perhaps someone will say that losing in the final is the fate of Messi and the current generation of Argentine players, but that it is not part of the quality of a champion is against fate.” and keep fighting while those around you give up?
Maradona’s true peak career only lasted about five years, before falling short due to her rebellious personality and drug abuse. Despite this, he has always loved the way Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, as well as two Serie A titles and a UEFA Cup in Napoli. “Maradona is an artist, a genius, but he also has his own world,” said Wenger. “We all love him, even though we have to forget the stupid things he used to do, because that is Maradona, his whole being.”
To further explain Maradona’s specialty, Wenger said: “When I coached AS Monaco, Maradona was playing for Napoli, at the peak of his career. One day before the Sampdoria – Napoli game leaves Gazzetta dello Sport He said “Maradona did not play this game because he was not with the team.” On Sunday morning, I saw this match when I saw Maradona in the field. He was there by private jet in the morning of the same day. The score was 1-1 and Maradona was the scorer of Napoli. It is impossible to imagine that it could happen in such an important match. ”
Maradona’s two goals in victory over England in the 1986 World Cup.
“As for the 1986 World Cup, England had a quality team, but Maradona was the best player in the world at the time. I think the defeat in the semifinals of that year has hurt the British so far. Maradona has been in British pride for decades, he is the only one who can say that the ‘Hand of God’ scored that goal and everyone forgives.World Cup qualifiers in 2010, when Thierry Henry scored by hand against Ireland, people saw it like a terrible scandal in Europe. ”
In 2014, Wenger once led the team to Maradona in a charity match. He still remembers the feeling back then: “I was happy to train Maradona when I was over 50. He wasn’t healthy, but when he had the ball on his leg, he was like a witch. Maradona had one. Something magical.”
Thanh Quy (according Infobae)
