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Comparative analysis : Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona

By Chiranjib Ghosh

Argentina's Diego Maradona during the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter finals against England. Argentina won 2-1. (Photo by Jean-Yves Ruszniewski/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Argentina's Diego Maradona during the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter finals against England. Argentina won 2-1. (Photo by Jean-Yves Ruszniewski/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) /
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Conclusion

As of this moment, Diego Maradona is the greatest player to touch a football. But the moment when Lionel Messi lifts the World Cup in Russia, he will surpass Maradona. The greatest of all footballing tournaments is what divides the two players.

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By the end of his career, Messi will have been well ahead of Maradona, and any other player who has ever played football, including Pelé, Eusébio and of course, Cristiano Ronaldo. Maybe someday, we will be able to say the same for Neymar.