I planned to come back home early to watch double header of Copa Centenario but totally forgot a meeting scheduled in the afternoon. However, I was able to get home not too late. In the first match, Panama won over Bolivia in Orlando. Both teams are weaker than the other two in the same group. In this tournament, the best teams in each group kicked off the first match: USA vs Columbia; Brazil vs Ecuador; Mexico vs Uruguay; Argentina vs Chile. I guess this may ensure the competitiveness for the following two matches to take weaker teams.
Messi got back injury, so didn't play. Argentina was good enough to win over Chile and Messi may not play in the group stage at all because this team should be able to beat Panama and Bolivia easily without him. Many fans in Seattle hope to see him play at Centurylink Field on 14th, I guess that he may be subbed in at certain point of time in second half because he needs to warm up for the quarterfinal.
Before the match, Fox Sports held a debate on if Messi is the greatest of all time, I still argued that Maradona is. I know he had so bad images off the field. However, in the field, he was the only superstar who was able to bring a second class team to championship. Fans in this generation may not know back in 80s and early 90s, the best league in the world was Serie A because of the impact of Italian's world cup championship in 1982. Maradona transformed Napoli to a Serie A champion with his individual efforts. If some fans argued that two Brazilian star players Kareca and Alemao helped the win as well, Argentina's world cup championship was apparently Maradona's personal contribution. With his comprehensive skills, leadership and discipline in the field, Maradona is the best in my mind. I am sure a lot of fans being with me. We all know FIFA hated him, otherwise Argentina led by Maradona could have won back-to-back championship in 1990.
However, I have to admit, Maradona may be the worst superstar in his personal life.
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