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#6 Argentina, Maradona and team-mates' belief in Messi
Messi is however, without a doubt, the leading goal-scorer for Argentina with 64 goals in his kitty. He scored a hat-trick recently in Argentina's 4-0 win over Haiti and looks to be in fine form going into the World Cup.
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His ex-coach Diego Maradona has asked Messi to play his natural game in the upcoming tournament and he believes, Argentina can win the World Cup this time. Team-mate Nicolas Otamendi also admitted a couple of months ago that Messi wants to win the WC2018 more than anyone else.
All his team-mates respect him and hope that he will be the reason why they lift the title. Teammate and close friend Angel di Maria quoted that football owes a World Cup to Messi for his services to the game.
Lionel Messi has been the best with the ball at his feet for many seasons now. Only one moment of glory eludes him. If he does lift the trophy in Russia this time, he will definitely go down in history as 'greatest player' the game has ever seen.
