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To which McCoist responded: “No, no. Not for me. I think that Maradona just about won one by himself and it’s just impossible to compare them. “The biggest thing is – and I don’t care what anybody says – if anybody has watched the Netflix documentary about Maradona, the tackling is brutal. It’s not just bad or a yellow-card offence, I’m telling you, it’s brutal.
“The ‘Butcher of Bilbao’, Andoni Goikoetxea, should have got six months for snapping his ankle. That was a different era, a completely different era.“Is Messi one of the most gifted players ever? Absolutely. He’s one of the most gifted footballers that I’ve ever seen. “But Messi and Maradona are incomparable because they played in a different era. They almost played in a different sport!”The 2022 World Cup has been thrilling so far and it's not too late to catch the action LIVE at the talkSPORT Fan Zone.Both games will be shown live on big screens at theAlongside all the action, you can enjoy food, music and drinks with some of our favourite faces from talkSPORT.
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