Lionel Messi is not becoming Diego Maradona – he is becoming himself

A mural of Lionel Messi in Rosario, Argentina, where he grew up.
A mural of Lionel Messi in Rosario, Argentina, where he grew up. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

The totem of Sunday’s finalists is revealing his true self rather than becoming a mirror image of the great who led his nation to World Cup glory in 1986