


“Let’s hope the French don’t do to Leo what the Italians did to Diego,” is a common refrain.

Meanwhile, Argentineans have started to fear that making good on his status as one of the greatest – many argue the greatest – players of all time may have taken the oxygen out of Messi’s continued ambition. Having secured his career dream of delivering a World Cup to Argentina 36 years after Diego Maradona led the Albiceleste to glory in Mexico, Leo Messi has begun to turn his attention to the next challenge after scaling soccer’s Everest.
