World's best player would merit a place alongside Diego Maradona and Pele in the game's trinity of immortals if he can lead his side to victory in the Maracana
Argentina’s captain, catalyst and No 10 has actually not experienced the most dominant of tournaments. Far worthier nominees can be found on the Golden Ball short-list such as Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Javier Mascherano, Thomas Müller, Neymar, Arjen Robben and James Rodríguez (although Angel Di María’s inclusion is bizarre)Lionel Messi is fighting history as well as trying to make it. World Cup finals have become desperately tight affairs: the last six, stretching from Italia ’90 to South Africa 2010, have produced only nine goals whereas the previous six, dating from Wembley ’66 to the Azteca in ’86, wallowed in 27 goals. Defences have become parsimonious. If Messi helps Argentina to become world champions, the 27-year-old rightly deserves to be hailed alongside Pele and Diego Maradona as the three greats of the game.
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