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Maradona in '86. Messi in '26.
Diego Maradona beat England twice in one 1986 afternoon — once with his hand, once with the greatest solo goal a World Cup has ever seen. Messi was born the following year, and in two decades has never once faced England. "I've played against everyone except England," he says. Now it comes at 39: a World Cup semifinal in Atlanta, his eight goals leading the Golden Boot race. Forty years. One ghost. His turn.
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