Messi's fans once had an embarrassment, that is, they liked to mention Messi of Barcelona, and did not want to mention Messi of Argentina, this embarrassment lasted for 13 years, until Argentina won the Copa America, and the fans comforted that Messi's national team career was not bad, and fortunately, Messi actually won the World Cup at the age of 35, and since then there is no more saying that Messi's national team is not good, and Messi has really cleared the clouds and seen the blue sky.
It is said that Messi and Maradona cannot be compared, one is temperament, and the other is the performance of the national team. I can't say anything about temperament, you say that Chen Daoming has a good temperament, I can also say that Wang Zhiwen has a good temperament, and some people think that Chow Yun-fat has a good temperament. Lao Ma is a ruffian temperament and self-respecting, while Messi is a well-behaved man, humble and introverted, and it is impossible to talk about who has a better temperament.
But the performance of the national team is indeed a hurdle that Messi once couldn't overcome, and because Maradona shined in the World Cup too early, Messi, who is also in his 20s, is highly anticipated. In 1986, Maradona was just 26 years old, in the prime of life, and staged a shocking work in the World Cup 1 4 finals, first a "hand of God", and then a "even five", so that the British did not have a temper at all.
Due to the special hostile relationship between Britain and Argentina at that time, the game went beyond the level of pure athletic competition, and the Argentines who lost the Falklands and suffered humiliation, under the leadership of Maradona, almost single-handedly blew up the England team's backline, a handball made the British hate Maradona, and a century of goals made the British have no temper at all. Maradona switched between the devil and the angel at will, an angel sent by God to avenge Argentina, but a nightmare for the British.
And Messi does not have this historical background, so whether Messi performs well or badly, it is only at the competitive level, so there is a lot less topicality and drama. Everyone is just watching what this so-called "quasi-ball king" can play, the fans want him to play better and better, and the malicious fans are coming to see his jokes.
Because Maradona won the World Cup at the age of 26 and won the honor in that way, everyone's requirements for Messi naturally rose to that height, after all, Messi's template is Maradona, and if you want to become the best in history, you must climb the mountain of Maradona. And although Messi has completed 10 rounds at the league level, people can still use the national team performance to balance Messi, and deliberately and maliciously raise the importance of the World Cup championship to an unprecedented height.
Therefore, since 2010, the importance of the World Cup has far exceeded that of the previous World Cup, because everyone has to see whether Messi can win the World Cup, so the World Cup has been artificially "hyped" into the most important game, but people who know a little about sports know that the foundation of football players lies in the league, a cup is important, but it is far less valuable than several Champions League and several leagues, the cup is not good enough to be dissatisfied, and the league is not good and even the job is gone, how to talk about the cup?
Sure enough, Messi didn't shine at the World Cup as everyone designed, and it can be said to be very disappointing. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Messi scored almost nothing, only an assist, no goals, and Argentina was also kicked into a sieve by the German team in the 1 4 finals, so everyone compared Maradona with Messi, saying that Messi's performance in the national team was useless.
Because in the 2008-2009 season, Messi led Barcelona to achieve historic results, the great achievement of the six crowns has never been seen before, Messi also became the king of football at that time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka were trampled under his feet, so strong that he had no friends, and in 2009-2010, he was in a hot state, so everyone thought that Messi in the Argentine team should be as perfect as in Barcelona.
Therefore, Messi is known as a "system player", who performs well in Barcelona because the team is good, and does not perform well in Argentina because the team is not good. In fact, this false proposition itself has shown that the statement of "system player" is false, and no one does not depend on the team, even if he is Maradona. It is impossible for the old horse to have five players in a game, and if the British knew that the old horse did not pass the ball, he would definitely stop the ball. So there is no system player at all, it's just how much the unit player can contribute to the system.
In fact, Messi in 2010 had just turned 23 years old, and Maradona won the World Cup at the age of 26, almost missing the time of a cup competition, so the 23-year-old Messi should be the target of the 22-year-old Maradona. The 22-year-old Maradona also had nothing at the World Cup, he was targeted so hard that he didn't have much room to play, especially in the second round of the group stage, where he ended his first World Cup with a red card.
Maradona is 22 years old, and he scored 2 goals in 5 games in his first World Cup, while Messi is 23 years old, and he only got 1 assist in 5 games in his second World Cup. And Messi participated in his first World Cup at the age of 19, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist in 3 games. And Maradona had a good chance to participate in the World Cup at the age of 18, but was eventually excluded from the squad. So when Messi and Maradona were just at their peak, the national team performance was similar.
And the watershed between Messi and Lao Ma is in the second World Cup, Lao Ma scored 5 goals and 5 assists in 7 games, and the gods generally won the World Cup, Messi scored 4 goals and 1 assist in 7 games. In this Cup, Messi can't be compared with Lao Ma at all, but his performance in the national team has gradually improved, and he won the runner-up, which is not bad.
Messi lost to France in 4 games in the 2018 World Cup, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists, and stopped in the round of 16, and his performance is still not satisfactory. At this time, Messi is already 31 years old and has no great hope of competing for the championship.
In terms of normal age, Messi seems to be inferior to Maradona, but Messi's national team career performance is actually the opposite of the old horse, if we look at it the other way, Messi's performance is not bad, but may be better.
Messi's last World Cup, 7 games, 7 goals, 3 assists, the level of the king of the ball, won the championship, so the 35-year-old Messi should be the target of the 26-year-old Maradona. Messi finished runners-up in 2014 and Maradona finished runners-up in 1990, both losing to Germany in the final, so the 27-year-old Messi should be the 30-year-old Maradona. Therefore, the best results of Messi and Lao Ma are one championship and one runner-up, completely equal. The rest of the years were in the top 8 and round of 16.
Maradona scored 8 goals and 8 assists in 21 World Cup games, and Messi scored 10 goals and 7 assists in 24 games. In terms of the overall performance of the national team, Maradona scored 34 goals in 91 games, and Messi scored 72 goals and 72 assists in 172 games. Whether it is the number of games for the national team, the number of years, the number of goals, or the efficiency of the national team, it far surpasses Maradona. So is such Messi weak in the national team?