After Messi won the World Cup, many ** rated Messi as the king of the ball, and Ronaldo fans were unconvinced and used Maradona to belittle Messi, saying that Maradona's assist of the century is better than Messi's, Messi's assist to the Netherlands or Maradona's assist to Brazil which is more difficult.
In 1990, Argentina was the defending champion and directly participated in the World Cup, divided in Group A, but I didn't expect to play very poorly in the group stage, lost the first game, and finally could only barely qualify for the third place in the group, the first game of the knockout round against Brazil, many people were not optimistic before the game, but I didn't expect Argentina to eliminate the opponent with an assist from Maradona.
This was near the end of the second half, Maradona dribbled the ball in midfield, shook off his club teammate Alemão, then dodged Dunga's tackle, then broke through Rocha, who was on the grab, and finally passed the ball to Caniggia in the crotch of Galvao when he fell to the ground, and Caniggia shook off Tafarel to open the goal.
In this game, Brazil suppressed Argentina all over the field, and many opportunities were not grasped, Argentina's tactics were very simple, that is, the defender took the ball to Maradona, and let Maradona and Caligia two people engage in sneak attacks, this tactic was very successful. After the game, many ** accusations blamed Alemão for letting go of the water, after all, he was Maradona's teammate, and the Brazilian team's defense made obvious mistakes, and the 3 Brazilian defenders came to defend Maradona and completely let go of Carriggia. Maradona's pass was not a conscious pass, he wanted to break through with the ball, but he didn't expect the Brazilian defenders to press up, and there was no way to pass the ball to Caligia when he was about to lose the ball.
Messi's goal occurred in the second round of the knockout round, when Argentina suppressed the Dutch attack, the Netherlands defended and counterattacked with all its might, when Messi got the ball in the midfield, the Dutch defenders did not make mistakes, and did not go all out to pounce on Messi, they all stood in a good position and waited for Messi to come, this tactic was very successful. With Messi dribbling the ball, Dutch defender Ake was afraid of Messi's shot, so he could only go up and force it, which gave Messi a chance to pass the ball and find the right teammate Molina, who scored the ball before Van Dijk grabbed it.
Messi took the ball, and the opponent's 6 people had no problem defending.
One person stares at Messi, and the others do protection.
Messi induces 2 defenders to come up to defend, and the opposing 6 people are completely attracted to Messi.
Messi's assist is obviously conscious, he has already seen the position of his teammates when he breaks through with the ball, and deliberately dribbles the ball in the middle to attract the opponent to defend, which gives his teammates a chance, and Messi did not fall to the ground after passing, which shows that Messi completely controlled the football before passing, and the Dutch defender did not make a mistake in this ball, but he didn't expect Messi to deal with it like this at all. On the contrary, Maradona's ball is very empty in the middle of Brazil, the opponent made a mistake, should not be all pasted, but one person up, others do a good job of protection, at the last moment Maradona is on the ground passing, which shows that he has lost control of the ball, can only reluctantly give the ball to his teammates to handle. There is no way for the Netherlands to lose the goal, after all, if the defender does not go up, it is likely that Messi will shoot directly, and Brazil's loss of the goal is a mistake by the defender, if he stands in a position, Maradona has no way to deal with it.
Summary. Messi's assist is when an attack occurs, attacking is more difficult than defending, after all, the opposing defenders have already stood in a good position, Maradona's assist occurs on the counterattack, and the counterattack goal is less difficult than the offense. Messi is stronger than Maradona because of his shooting ability, the opponent is defending Messi is afraid of him shooting, after all, Messi's long-range shooting is very powerful, compared to Maradona's shooting ability, the opponent only needs to prevent him from passing, which is why Maradona rarely scores long-range goals.