Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
I really wish I hadn’t said anything. Are we arguing then that if you are comparing two players from the same country which has won the World Cup twice, the fact that one of them had a winner’s medal which Argentina wouldn’t have won without him and the other had been a member of arguably better squads that had all failed in the competition should not be a factor when making a comparison between them?
It can be a factor, but I don't think it should be the deciding factor between the two, which is what I often see (or saw, anyway).

If Messi had never gone beyond the quarters then perhaps, but that's not the case. The difference boiled down to Burrachaga scoring and Higuain missing.