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Semi Finals

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Well, we won games, for a start.

But, you know this, due to, you know, you being English.

England
Brazil
France
Spain
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
USA
Argentina
Croatia
Morocco
Tunisia
Cameroon
Senegal
Iran
Switzerland
Japan
Australia
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Poland
Mexico
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Ghana
Uruguay

Congrats to all for giving their loyal peoples something to cheer.
 

None of that matters. It only matters to Little Englanders who cant get over the greatest player of all time giving their team a pasting in the WC in '86.
It matters in terms of his integrity.

For me, Maradona only has a chance of being viewed higher than Messi if he has the World Cup win over him. And even then it's debateable.

If Messi drags this bang average Argentina side to a World Cup win at 35 years old, playing how he has, I think it puts him firmly clear of Maradona. Maradona didn't have Messi's vision or eye for a through ball and the longevity at the top for Messi is always going to sway the argument in his favour.

There is an argument to say Messi didn't have to contend with the aggressive nature of the game in the 80's, but a counter argument is that Maradona would be laughably unfit in the modern game and the game was slower back then. Look how slow Reid was and the England defence when he scored arguably the greatest goal ever scored.

Maradona is in the top 3 but if Messi wins the World Cup, I don't see a valid argument to say Maradona is ahead any longer.
 
Simply cannot have players like Maradona and Pele ahead of Messi.

Maradona played when fat defenders that were bamboozled by a shoulder faint while Messi plays against lads who were built in labs
 

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