Lionel Messi Isn’t Argentina National Team Leader

DBasia.news –  The comparison between Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona in Argentina never ends. Their playing styles are similar, but there is one big difference.

It’s the magical touch of Maradona to Argentina national team by the 1986 World Cup title. On the other hand, Messi has never achieved the title for Albicelesta, despite his success in Barcelona.

Messi feels the pressure everything he plays with Argentina in the big tournament. We can see that from his space when Argentina failed in the 2018 World Cup, kicked in the round of 16.

Until no time, Messi won’t be able to pass Maradona’s role to give the title for Barcelona. The comparison made Maradona speaks up.

 

Diego Maradona

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“We shouldn’t deify Messi any longer. He’s Messi when he plays for Barcelona. Messi is Messi when he wears that shirt, and he’s another Messi with Argentina,” Maradona said quoted by Telegraph.

“He’s a great player but he’s not a leader. It’s useless trying to make a leader out of a man who goes to the toilet 20 times before a game,” he said.

Maradona’s statement is referring to Messi’s anxiety before the match, where he once threw up before playing in the big matches. This is a weakness for a player like him who achieved 5 Ballon d’Or and 4 Champions League titles.