 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - SaMaradona, Messi akahwina FIFA World Youth Championship, muna 2005 neArgentina, uye akahwina Bhora reGoridhe. Nenzira yakafanana, vatambi vose vakaita kutanga kwavo kwenyika neHungary, uye Messi akaenderera mberi nekugara nhaka yeMaradona nhamba 10 shati uye basa semutungamiriri weArgentina. Messi aizotanga kupfeka jersey ine nhamba 10 uye kaputeni armband pamutambo wepasi rose mu 2010 World Cup, pasi paMaradona semurairidzi. Muna 2014, Messi akatungamira Argentina, achivatungamira kuenda kumagumo ekutanga eWorld Cup kubvira Maradona paakapedzisira kuvaunza ikoko semutungamiriri muna 1990, uko Argentina yakakundwa zvakare 10 neGerman. Kufanana naMaradona muna 1986, Messi akapiwa mubayiro weGolden Ball semutambi akanakisisa mumutambo wacho, achihwina zvibodzwa zvina uye achipa rubatsiro. Nechiitiko ichi, Maradona naMessi ndivo chete vatambi vakakunda Bhora reGoridhe paFIFA U-20 World Cup neFIFA World Cup, naMaradona vachiita izvi muna 1979 na1986, nepo Messi akakwanisa kuita zvakafanana muna 2005uye muna 2014. Kufanana naMaradona muna 1986, Messi akaitawo zvinobudirira kudonhedza nhabvu kupfuura mumwe mutambi mumutambo wose, uye akaburitsa Belgium munzira yekuenda kumagumo, achiwedzera kuenzanisa pakati pevatambi vaviri ava. Munguva yemutambo, kupemberera kwaMessi mushure mekurova zvibodzwa zvekukunda mutambo neBosnia neHerzegovina kwakafananidzwa nemhemberero ine mukurumbira yaMaradona yekurova zvibodzwa neGreece muna 1994. Zvakare, mifananidzo yakabuda iyo yakaenzanisa kunyorwa kwakanyanya kwevatambi vaviri vakatarisana nekudzivirira kwevanopikisa paWorld Cup. Kufanana naMaradona zvakare muna 1986, Messi aibatanidzwa muzvizhinji zvezvinangwa zveArgentina. 