BACK in 1986, Diego Maradona lifted Argentina above eight very evenly matched quarter-finalists.
He led Argentina to World Cup glory and made that team special in the same way that Lionel Messi is doing now for this generation.
This time, Argentina look pretty average – if they did not have Messi, you would say they have no chance of winning the trophy.
Why they were so many people’s pre-tournament favourites is anyone’s guess. Maybe they were just starstruck like the rest of us.
But Messi takes Argentina to a different level and, with him in their line-up, you would probably make them favourites to beat Holland in the quarter-finals.
This was another Messi fairy tale.
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