# Messi's Argentina Performance Criticized and Compared to Maradona

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2097055332761538929
- Source account: [@barca1899stats](https://x.com/barca1899stats)
- Source language: Spanish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:35
- Published: 2026-09-08
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona) We need a number ten on the national team.

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=2) He's playing— And that's not Messi. It's not Messi. Messi is playing number nine. Pastore is missing!

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=6) Let's see, what's going on with Messi? He's a failure, he has no guts, no soul.

[0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=10) I've always supported him all my life, but this can't be.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=13) This can't be. The thing with Messi is, he doesn't run at all.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=16) He gets the ball and doesn't have it like he does—like at Barcelona.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=20) And another thing, it's disrespectful to compare him to Maradona.

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=22) That's it, quit screwing around, it's made up, Seba, it's made up, it's a lie.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=25) Messi isn't like Maradona. No way. He's sending the doubles.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8CRNtY17LGEy/en/messi-s-argentina-performance-criticized-and-compared-to-maradona?t=29) He doesn't have the blood Maradona had.