Diego Maradona

2022 - 12 - 18

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Lionel Messi EXACTLY replicates Diego Maradona pose as ... (The Sun)

ARGENTINA star Lionel Messi copied Diego Maradona's pose from 1986 as he lifted the World Cup.Messi inspired Argentina to victory throughout the tourn.

I can’t wait to be in Argentina to see how crazy that is going to be.” Sometimes people thought in the past players were not giving their all. It is such a huge pleasure to coach him. It came to me almost at the end. We should have won it in 90 minutes and 120 minutes. I wanted to close my career with World Cup. We deserved the victory. I love football, what I do. He added: “I was able to get the Copa America, now the World Cup. I can’t ask more than this.” It’s the most beautiful thing there is. It’s a big joy for us.

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Diego Maradona Junior sheds tears of joy (beIN SPORTS AUSTRALIA)

Diego Maradona Junior wept tears of joy as Argentina laid its hands on the FIFA World Cup for the first time since his father led the Albiceleste to Mexico ...

Maradona's Instagram account, now administered by his children, showed a merged picture of Daniel Passarella, Maradona and Messi – captains of the country's 1978, 1986 and 2022 winning teams – each holding the World Cup trophy. He added in a post: "The cup is going to Buenos Aires." Now Lionel Messi has followed Maradona into the history books as the captain, number 10 and driving force of a team that has conquered the world.

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Lionel Messi vs Diego Maradona: How Argentina legends' records ... (The Sun)

LIONEL MESSI cemented himself further as a footballing legend by becoming the first Argentine to lift the World Cup since Diego Maradona.The PSG super.

[who died in June](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/1858365/diego-maradona-dead-argentina-legend-60/) - won the Argentine league in 1981 with Boca Juniors before moving to Barcelona. [he scored 672 goals in 778 appearances.](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/6530485/lionel-messi-pele-record-ronaldo/) [Maradona lofting the trophy in the air.](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/6944399/lionel-messi-diego-maradona-argentina-aloft-world-cup/) [Messi ](https://www.the-sun.com/who/lionel-messi/)also has is a Copa America trophy to his name, which he won last year. [among the greatest sports stars to ever live](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/soccer/632642/barcelona-best-player-messi-maradona/), boasting almost unmatched records. [shootout Argentina eventually won.](https://www.the-sun.com/sport/6946295/lionel-messi-diego-argentina-world-cup-penalty/)

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