‘Messi will never be like Maradona even if he wins 4 World Cups in a row’: Argentina legend

Lionel Messi scored 4 objectives and registered 5 assists in six matches as he led Argentina to the head of success within the not too long ago concluded Copa America.
The continental event turned a Messi present by means of and thru because the 34-year-old performed to his greatest potential serving to Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 within the ultimate. As a outcome, the La Albiceleste ended their 28-year drought of main trophies. Simultaneously, Messi additionally broke the staff’s file for worldwide appearances with 151 matches.
Before the Copa ultimate victory over Brazil, Messi’s silverware with Argentina included the U-20 World Cup (2005) and a gold medal on the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
However, regardless of his greatest efforts, a former Argentine legend continues to be not satisfied that his fellow countryman might be deemed as the best of all time eclipsing late Diego Maradona.
Mario Kempes, who performed a vital position in Argentina’s World Cup triumph in 1978, acknowledged that Messi can’t be in comparison with Maradona.
“For Messi, the misfortune is that he was the replacement for Diego Maradona,” Kempes instructed ESPN Mexico, as per Marca.
“And it is rather troublesome to overshadow Diego, with the idolatry that he has obtained all over the world.
“If [Messi] needs to be higher than Maradona, he’s not going to attain it even when he wins 4 World Cups in a row.
“He still hasn’t won the World Cup. No matter how many [titles he] wins or what he wins, it can never be compared to what Diego did.”