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** FILE ** This combination of two pictures shows Argentina's Lionel Messi scoring with his hand during his Spanish League soccer match against Espanyol in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, June 9, 2007, top, and Argentina's Diego Maradona scoring with his hand during a quarter final World Cup soccer match against England on June 22, 1986. Messi continues to draw comparisons with soccer legend Maradona. Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has welcomed Diego Maradona's expected appointment as Argentina's coach, even though he was recently criticized by the football great as being too selfish a player. (AP Photo/El Periodico de Catalunya, Jordi Cotrina, top, and El Grafico, Buenos Aires, bottom, File) ** MANDATORY CREDIT SPAIN OUT NO SALES **