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Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona (AFP Picture)
Argentina followers have lengthy most popular Maradona over Messi however attitudes look like shifting after the PSG ahead led the group to raise the World Cup final month for the primary time since Maradona impressed them to win it in 1986.
Lionel Messi has surpassed Diego Maradona as the best participant of all time, Argentina’s World Cup-winning coach Lionel Scaloni has mentioned.
“If I’ve to decide on one I select Leo, I’ve one thing particular with him. He’s the perfect of all time though Maradona was additionally nice,” Scaloni advised Spanish radio station Cope on Tuesday.
Argentina followers have lengthy most popular Maradona over Messi however attitudes look like shifting after the Paris St Germain ahead led the group to raise the World Cup final month for the primary time since Maradona impressed them to win it in 1986.
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Scaloni additionally revealed that he prioritised talking to Messi when he was named Argentina coach in 2018, whereas the ahead was taking a break from worldwide obligation following the disastrous World Cup in Russia.
“The very first thing we did was have a video name with Messi. He mentioned he was honoured and the very first thing we mentioned to him was ‘Come again. We’ll look ahead to you’. That’s what we did and eight months later he got here and located an unimaginable group,” Scaloni added.
“Teaching Messi just isn’t tough. You can not appropriate him on a technical degree however typically you’ll be able to instruct him to press or to assault in a sure means. When he smells blood he’s the primary.”
Scaloni additionally defended his goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after he was criticised for his overzealous celebrations following Argentina’s triumph, akin to making an obscene gesture when gathering the Golden Glove award and carrying a toy child with Kylian Mbappe’s face on it through the open-top bus parade.
“There are attitudes which he won’t be proud of, however he’s a spectacular man. He is sort of a baby. He’s an unimaginable man, his persona has given a lot to the group,” Scaloni added.
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