Maradona: Argentina can do it

Diego Maradona has insisted that he will ‘roll out the red carpet’ if Argentina lift the World Cup on Sunday.

The Albicelestes are into their first final since 1990, and will take on Germany looking to avenge that defeat in Rome.

And the former Barcelona forward has claimed that he will give the team – and Lionel Messi in particular – the royal treatment should they win.

“If on Sunday Messi has to overcome Maradona to lift the cup, I'll give him the red carpet,” he told De Zurda.

“He will be the player who will define the game. The only fear I have is that he is tired, but in the end you cannot be tired. I think he will understand. If you miss a shot on Sunday, you only resemble the best in the world.”

The man widely regarded as one of the best players ever believes that his home nation can overcome Joachim Low’s side.

“Germany is not impossible. Argentina can do it. Against Algeria, we saw one Germany, and against Brazil [we saw] another.

“We all expected it to be Brazil in the final. Argentina are going in strengthened. Once again Argentine football is back at the top. The jersey had lost prestige. Today it got it back.

“The Argentines need to win this final. It could not be an all European final in South America, so we represent our continent. We could not allow it.”

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