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Ally McCoist thinks Lionel Messi will never be as good as Diego Maradona was for Argentina, even if he manages to win the World Cup with his country in Qatar.
"Not for me, I think Maradona almost won one and it's just impossible to compare them," McCoist said.
"The most important thing is, and I don't care what anyone says, if anyone watched the Netflix documentary about Maradona, the tackle is brutal.
"It's not just serious or a yellow card, I tell you, it's brutal. The 'butcher of Bilbao', Andoni Goikoetxea, should have been given six months for breaking his ankle. It was a different time, a completely different time.
"Is Messi one of the most gifted players of all time? Absolutely. He is one of the most gifted footballers I have ever seen.
"But Messi and Maradona are incomparable because they played in a different era. They almost played in a different sport!"
Ally McCoist thinks Lionel Messi will never be as good as Diego Maradona was for Argentina, even if he manages to win the World Cup with his country in Qatar.
"Not for me, I think Maradona almost won one and it's just impossible to compare them," McCoist said.
"The most important thing is, and I don't care what anyone says, if anyone watched the Netflix documentary about Maradona, the tackle is brutal.
"It's not just serious or a yellow card, I tell you, it's brutal. The 'butcher of Bilbao', Andoni Goikoetxea, should have been given six months for breaking his ankle. It was a different time, a completely different time.
"Is Messi one of the most gifted players of all time? Absolutely. He is one of the most gifted footballers I have ever seen.
"But Messi and Maradona are incomparable because they played in a different era. They almost played in a different sport!"
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