blaugrana1987
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But that is my point, Maradona assisted for 3-2, but before that, his team mates scored 2. Frankly, 2010 Messi in 2014 would probably take them to winning WC, but he was nowhere near bad. Even that shoot he had wasn't bad. These things...there is very little between losing and winning.Maradona was man marked by an all time great in Mattheus and was quiet but it was a good pass to set Buruchaga away for the winner and still had influence on the game.
Higuain missed one great chance in final. Messi also missed a decent one he has scored from similar position plenty times before.
Ronaldo had shocker against Iran. He missed penalty and got carded duo to frustration (could easily be red). His missed penalty sent them to bracket of death, while his penalty would send them to at very least semi finals. Nobody is saying a word to him because for Messi, winning was destiny. He was compared to Greatest player of all time from the moment he kicked the ball, and he eclipsed him in every way imaginable, but lost it in the WC final. Its unfortunate, its sad, but saying Messi blew it in final is far from truth. Truth is, he was closed by all time great German team, yet still created and tried. Higuain chance goes in as 2 goals in 86' final? Perhaps Germany would open up more and there would be more space to exploit, who knows, but events played out differently.