​Maradona: “Messi? He shouldn’t be attacked: He’s more of a stuffed toy rather than a footballer”

El Pibe de Oro, Diego Armando Maradona, spoke about the Argentine national team to Olè. First order of business, a comment for Atalanta’s main man: “Papu Gomez can’t be excluded from the squad”.

On Messi: “It’s unfair that his ban was diminished. Obviously as an Argentine, it benefits me. But to be honest, he deserved an extra match day ban. Lionel isn’t the type you should attack. When I coached him for a year with Argentina, he seemed more of a stuffed toy rather than a footballer”.

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