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For some Argentina fans, Lionel Messi will never be on the same pedestal as Diego Maradona — even with a World Cup final win on Sunday. Here's the problem with the Messi vs. Maradona debate Skip ...
Although the first official match between both nations came in the 1930 FIFA World Cup where Argentina beat Mexico 6–3 in the group stage, the rivalry emerged during the late twentieth century, especially after the 1993 Copa América Final, where Argentina beat Mexico 2–1.
Argentine Lionel Messi and Brazilian Neymar, teammates at Barcelona and PSG, have been described by Pelé and Maradona as their "successors." The controversy reached a climax during the FIFA Player of the Century in 2000, in which Maradona was voted Player of the Century in an official internet poll, garnering 53.6% of the votes against 18.53% ...
New Maradona or New Diego was a title given by the press and public to promising Argentine football players in reference (and reverence) to Diego Maradona as a benchmark. Since Maradona retired, fans had been anticipating someone to lead the Argentina national team to a World Cup final, like Maradona did in 1986 and 1990.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Soccer fans are fortunate to live in a time when two superstars are simultaneously making the claim to be the best player in the history of the sport — and more fortunate ...
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Messi won four consecutive Ballon d'Or awards (2009 to 2012), with a fifth coming in 2015, while Ronaldo had equalled Messi's total of five with wins in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017. In 2019, Messi took the lead again by earning a record sixth Ballon d'Or, finishing just seven points ahead of second-placed Virgil van Dijk , with Ronaldo ...
By seemingly all accounts, FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi were ready to sign on the dotted line to keep him in Camp Nou for the foreseeable future. But new details reveal that an outside force put ...