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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney

Lionel Messi embraces ‘spirit of Maradona’ to drag beaten Argentina to World Cup semi-final

Reuters

As Lionel Messi starts to find the right words to go with the right touches, some of them surprisingly aggressive, there’s been a telling phrase used to describe him around the Argentina camp.

They talk of the 35-year-old as a “líder Maradonina”, a Maradona-like leader.

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