Messi, 35, played his first World Cup match in 2006, when Argentina thrashed Serbia and Montenegro 6-0 in Germany, a tournament in which he finally added three games and one goal, precisely in his debut.
In South Africa 2010 he participated in five games but did not score, while in Brazil 2014 he played seven games and scored four times. In Russia 2018 he jumped onto the field four times and celebrated a goal, while in Qatar he has three games and two goals.
His best performance with the “albiceleste” was in 2014, when he lost the final against Germany after extra time.
for his part Maradona, the greatest idol of Argentine soccer, played 21 games in four World Cups. His debut was in Spain 1982, where he played five games and scored two goals. Four years later his consecration would come when he led Argentina to win the World Cup in Mexico, in which he played seven games and scored five goals, including the unforgettable goals against England in the quarterfinals.
In Italy 1990, the “10” repeated the seven games, albeit without goals, on the Argentine road to the final in which they lost 1-0 against Germany.
His World Cup campaign ended in the worst way in the United States in 1994. After playing two games and scoring one goal, Maradona was expelled from the tournament after a positive doping test.
Source: Ambito
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