The real “next Maradona” just stood up, so the countless Argentine pretenders out there may now sit down, and the press can stop crowning them as such. Leo’s Messi’s goal against Getafe at the Camp Nou Wednesday night was every bit as good as Diego’s highly touted winner against England in the 1986 quarterfinals. This one may have been better, even, as Messi started the solo move with a series of nutmegs (possibly the only element missing from Maradona’s goal).
