Atletico Madrid and Napoli legend, Ricardo de Brito 'Alemao' has weighed in on the Lionel Messi versus Diego Maradona debate by saying that latter achieved more than the latter.
Looking at the pair's track record for the Argentine national team, there have always been doubts of the Barcelona man given his lack of international trophies, while Maradona famously won the World Cup in 1986.
"Maradona did a lot more with the national team than Messi," Alemao told Radio MARCA.
"We must bear this in mind when comparing them.
"Messi has the team built around him, especially with the Argentina team."
With Barcelona set to take on Maradona's old club Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday night, comparisons between each Argentinian's legacy have been inevitable.
"Messi is a phenomenon," Alemao stated.
"But Maradona was a genius, more so than Messi."
Arunraj
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So Maradona wins a WC. What about his club records? We all know the toughest competition is UCL but WC is revered by fans only because it ignites patriotism.
_Stilogo_CS_
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It's so easy to compare Maradona and Messi. Messi took Argentina to three cup finals in a row but was denied by poor teammates. Maradona won one final and is better than Messi? At the time Messi has broken almost every record Maradona set. The weight on Messi's shoulders would've killed all of you by nowm
devilwillkill
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okay then here are my concerns... qs.1. who is the all time top scorer of argentina.. qs. 2. who is the most assist provider for argentina? qs 3. maradona. is known for dribbling but who has more dribbles and amazing gaming ability for argentina.. maradona had amazing players and won world cup.. but messi had average players and 1 or 2 good players and almost won world and went to 4 finals.. it was just unlucky he didn't won any of it.
Shina-Ayo
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VARadona that was supposed to be red carded in the quarter final game against England for scoring an intentional handball goal??
FutbolLeninDaMaster
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as Far as I'm concerned and last time I checked with Understanding platforms and stages. The World Cup is the biggest stage of Fútbol. Maradona will be best known as the Goat of Argentina for the 1986 World Cup 🏆.also Won the 1991 & 1993 Copa America 🏆🏆 and Confederation Cup in 1992. Vs Messi who never won none of the above. he will always be remembered as a Barcą "Only" Icon.. Even Ronaldo won a Euro Cup Messi got beaten 2x back2back by 🇨🇱...