Lionel Messi scored 4 objectives and 5 assists in six matches as he led Argentina to glory within the not too long ago concluded Copa America this month.
Messi, 34, performed his greatest event with the nationwide workforce since his debut in 2005, ending Argentina’s 28-year drought of main trophies and likewise breaking the workforce’s file for worldwide appearances with 151 matches.
Before the Copa’s closing victory over Brazil, Messi’s silverware with Argentina was the Under-20 World Cup (2005) and gold medals on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
However, a former Argentine legend remains to be not satisfied that his fellow countryman will be deemed the best man ever to eclipse the late Diego Maradona.
Mario Kemps, who performed a key position in Argentina’s World Cup victory in 1978, stated that Messi can’t be in comparison with Maradona.
“For Messi, the bad luck is that he was the replacement for Diego Maradona,” Kemps informed ESPN Mexico, per Marca.
“And it is rather tough to cowl Diego with the idolatry he has acquired world wide.
“if [Messi] Wants to be higher than Maradona, successful 4 World Cups in a row is just not going to attain it.
He stated, “They nonetheless have not received the World Cup. Don’t know what number of [titles he] Who wins or who wins can by no means be in comparison with what Diego did.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
