He doesn't owe Argentina anything. The so-called Player of the People has won jack shit, has a horrible goal record, and gets a lot of love from their press, but the guy who will probably end up holding all major records for Argentina gets shat on? FFS he should've just chosen to play for Spain.
Plus Maradona had one of the best defenses ever and someone by the name of Jorge Valdano, possibly the best RM player of his era.
ROFL....excuse i have to laugh because i was actually living that time..Valdano was not the best player of RM era scoring 40 goals in 3 years wasn't something to talk about .. Buitre was .. Valdano was simply a striker much like Higuain/Lavezzi now nothing fancy just gets the job done with nothing to talk about ..he is more known through his management role than being a good player
As for the best defense ? seriously ? the current defenders shit on the ones Maradona had.. if you talk about the previous generation with Passerella i could have agreed but Jose Brown , Ruggeri co .. Jesus.. they were crap .. most of them faded away apart from Ruggeri stint who move to Real for a year and was shipped back to Argentina end of his first season... he had no one like Otamendi, Zabaleta nor the amazing Mascherano..
He made them all better ... same like he did to his underdogs in Napoli.. that's Maradona he make average players feels like world beater
As for Cesdel post
Maradona could have been the youngest player ever to win the WC if Menotti didn't exclude him fearing his young age (17 ) in 1978 WC...
he picked him for the youth WC & he was like 1986 devastating...he was the man of the people and loved .. but at this age what he had was the temper which was calmed down as he progressed and after he left Barcelona
he doesn't need a great goal record because he wasn't a false 9 nor a striker.. Maradona was mainly an AM who sometimes played an SS but never the man in the center like Messi did always a striker in front of him and through out his career he was always given a free roaming role that's why most of his famous dribbles you'll see him starting from the center of the pitch .. .. never in Messi position & certainly the defenders where a lot tougher & better than now
The NT was dominated by the 1978 WC winning generation until Dr. Billardo took over .. the Maradona-Passerella never got along at all and yes Maradona was man marked with 2 players for 90 minutes like shadows from Lother Matthäus and yet his decisive assist made it happen
Messi will be like Di Stefano probably.. having the greatest club record of all time but for the NT ? it's still Maradona for them for so many reasons including the England match...
but there is time for Messi in the next world cup.. with proper management & more mental strength & self believe they can easily win it.. they still have the best squad on paper minus few weak points like IMO Romero who barely play all season but the Otamendi-Garay-Rojo-Zab and General Mascehrano they are very very solid at the defense.. superior in the attack but lacks another midfielder beside Di Maria-Pastore & Masch ... seriously Argentina can still supply 4 international big team with firs class strikers till now even with people like Milito gone.. the future is bright and a WC 2018 is not beyond Messi & co reach
