Maradona's Son: Argentina's Current Squad Stronger Than 1986 Team

Diego Maradona Jr. has drawn a comparison between his father Diego Maradona's role in Argentina's 1986 national team and the current squad led by Lionel Messi. He believes the present team is significantly stronger, and Messi is a unique leader whose eventual retirement will leave a massive void.

“The team built around Messi is much stronger than the one my father had. I’m not saying that team was weak, but the current Argentina national team is more powerful. In '86, we depended on an extraterrestrial footballer, and today – on the first among men. When Messi retires, and I hope that's at least 10 years from now, there will be a void in the national team,” Maradona Jr. stated, as quoted by “Mundo Deportivo.”