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Xavi Saugas claims to be certain that Lionel Messi is already a better footballer than the legendary Diego Maradona.
In an interview with the FIFA website, the Spaniard praised his team mate, stating: "The only reason someone from our team has hopes of winning the award for the best footballer of the year is because Argentina had an unsuccessful World Cup. If they had succeeded, there would be no competition - Messi would win it."
"In my opinion, Leo is already better than Maradona ever was. And he will remain at the top for not just one more year, as there are no more players like him. Generally, players like him come around once every 50 years."
This season in the Spanish championship, Messi scored 7 goals in 7 matches, and in the Champions League, he outwitted the opponent's goalkeepers 4 times in two matches.
