Written by Jere Longman, The New York Times | Sunday July 13, 2014
Four times, Messi has been named the world player of the year. He has won three European championships with Barcelona. Some consider him the greatest player of all time. But even if he wins a World Cup, he will not be viewed as Maradona's equal by many in Argentina, at least not yet, for reasons having as much to do with class, personality, history...
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