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We are probably more aggressive than the players in the national teams he's played with before," he said. "So he's probably becoming a little more like us - that bad boy." Messi and Martinez (lying down) would finish the World Cup with individual awards for the best player and best goalkeeper respectively

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Rio Ferdinand tells Gareth Southgate to 'FREE Raheem Sterling' after balking at the Chelsea star's omission from the latest England squad last week REVEALED: A Premier League legend is set to join Jamie Carragher in the hot seat on Monday Night Football as... TRANSFER GOSSIP COLUMN: Man United are 'ready' to pounce for Bayern Munich star, West Ham eye up Dominic Solanke and league rivals prepare to battle it out for Ajax striker Diego Maradona's typically colourful thoughts external-link regarding Lionel Scaloni's appointment to the Argentina manager job in 2018 captured the mood of the nation. Whatever was going on in Messi's mind in the Middle East, it helped realise his sole focus - the winner's medal.Captain of the Dominican Republic's side at the U20 World Cup, Azcona made history as his country's first-ever player to score at any FIFA World Cup tournament, after he scored a penalty in a 2-1 defeat to Nigeria. That's a very interesting combination. At the 2006 World Cup, he famously sat on the bench and didn't even get to play in the quarter-final defeat by Germany.

Terry Venables dies aged 80: Tottenham pay tribute to their former player and manager with minute's applause ahead of their game against Aston Villa Riquelme's former agent once recalled external-link a teenage Messi "sitting looking at Riquelme as if he were Jesus Christ" at a barbeque arranged for Barca's South American players.But Mora y Araujo disagrees with the idea that Messi was channelling, or becoming, Maradona. Rather, he was, perhaps finally, comfortable in his own skin - a far cry from the teenager carrying the weight of his family's fortunes at Barcelona or the superstar weighed down by a nation's expectations at previous World Cups. SIYA KOLISI opens up on suffering childhood hunger and violence in moving first interview since clinching World Cup glory Jean, who was seen as something of a wonderkid while at Troyes, has seen his career take him round a multitude of clubs, including Monaco, before Inter Miami paid a transfer fee to Lens to get him. Jose Mourinhotakes swipe at ex-Chelsea star by labelling him a 'fantastic diver' after Roma's derby draw with Lazio... claiming 'he could be a SWIMMER' Martinez added: "You're always going to have talented players, but it's how you manage them. It's like having a Ferrari - if you don't know how to drive it, then you're going to crash on every corner. That's the only explanation I can give for Scaloni - he knows exactly how to drive a Ferrari." Creating a home from home in Qatar

The defensive midfielder, who grew up in Texas, has two sons - Luca and Nico - with wife Jennifer Ulloa and he is a big family man. I think for all Argentina people, if you have mate and a beautiful barbeque you don't need more in life," said Messi's former Argentina team-mate Pablo Zabaleta. I'm just very grateful that I got to play alongside my idols and got to meet the best player in history.'Harry Kane explains why he left Tottenham as he targets trophies with Bayern Munich AND England... while Joe Cole says he's the best striker in the world