Justification. Vindication. Be it whichever of these that it is I take some enjoyment out of reading a real journalist in a real newspaper writing similar thoughts to what I have been harping on about in my daily posts that may be read by a handful of people.
The subject was Messi vs Maradona, a favourite argument of mine. The writer was the author of "The Fiver", the Guardian newspaper's daily football email broadcast. I highly recommend signing up to receive it, for a daily dose of unparalleled football wit.
These were the opening few sentences of today's Fiver:
"Thank the football gods in heaven that Argentina won the 1986 World Cup final, huh folks? Not only did their triumph forever validate the unique talent of Diego Maradona – kids, think Lionel Messi, only he turned up for major international tournaments, went about his work at club level without 10 of the best players in the world doing his running for him, and played on pitches like pigsties when GBH was only a yellow-card offence – it also ensured that Karl-Heinz Rummenigge didn’t get his hands on football’s biggest prize."
(To get the Rummenigge reference read the rest of the Fiver. It's a whole other story)
Thank you the Fiver. On top of justification and vindication can I just say: See? Kids, it's not just me saying that about Messi.
Messi, you probably have one more World Cup, in 2018, to get your act in (Maradona) order. And the way you are not exactly helping in Argentina's much less than spectacular qualifying campaign you may not even give yourself the chance to do that.
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