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MESSI OR MARADONA?

Del Bosque has it clear: "Between Maradona and Messi, I remain with Leo"

Published:12/11/2020 - 13:11h

Updated:12/11/2020 - 13:11h

The ex Spanish coach doesn't have doubts in the debate of who is the best player in the history, as for him Messi is the best of all time

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The ex technician of the Selection of Spain, Vicente Of the Forest, has gone back to be news after participating in an interview for the program Side B, by the digital platform Youtube, in which it showed all his admiration by the maximum figure of the Barcelona, Lionel Messi. In said statements, Of the Forest spoke a bit on the eternal debate of who is the best player of the history: Messi or Maradona.

The champion of the world with Spain in 2010 affirmed: "I remain me with Messi. Every time that you see it it is very beautiful, contributes a lot", this regarding the extraordinary technician that has the '10' of the Barcelona, his big capacity to change of rhythm and to evade to the rival defenders. Besides, the Spanish no desaprovechó the moment to remember the extraordinary understanding that Read had with Xavi and Iniesta, players that he directed and by those who has gratos memories. However, in the case of his compatriots no did him easy choose to one and preferred to say that "they could play the two in the same team. They are of the same height, but the two are distinct and very good footballers".

"Messi was a big heir of Maradona​ and think that already surpassed to the teacher"

To these words of admiration add him those that already had made the ex seleccionador Spanish for TyC Sports does some months, when it indicated that "Messi was a big heir of Maradona and think that already surpassed to the teacher, is a player of neighbourhood, of street. Has a vision of game, a command and a dribbling that is into disuse in the current world". Likewise, in that opportunity manifested that it did not exist any debate of who is the best footballer of all time when sentencing "Messi is the best of the history… He applies his virtues where has to apply it, that is near or inside of the area. It is the best of the actuality".

On the other hand, Of the Forest also remembered his time with the Selection of Spain. A charge that came with a big responsibility, as it would be the successor of Luis Aragonese, technician that attained to achieve the Eurocopa in 2008. However, for the exentrenador, withdrawn from the 2016, went a challenge that filled it of a lot of hope as it commented that "Had to big players and a winning inertia, a system, a style of suitable game that all shared".

The World-wide of 2010

Finally, also it spoke a bit on some moments of constrain that it lived in the World-wide of South Africa 2010, in which 'The Red' had to appeal to the luck to achieve fundamental victories that allowed him follow alive in the contest and, to the dessert, achieve the world-wide title. "In any game have to have this pinch of luck in concrete moments… Anybody knows what had happened if Cardozo had marked the penalti or if the foot of Boxes had not acted of saviour", sentenced Of the Forest.

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