Argentina have produced arguably the two greatest footballers of all time decades apart, but Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi couldn't be more different off the pitch.
The former one of the game's great characters, Maradona was the type to occupy the front pages as well as the back with his off-field exploits. Messi, on the other hand, keeps a relatively low profile for someone who won seven-Ballon d'Or awards and just about every team trophy there is to win.
Yet, because of where they are from and their similar powers with a ball at their feet, the comparison between Messi and Maradona has been made ever since the former burst onto the scene as a fresh-faced teenager at Barcelona back in 2004.
