Lionel Messi, hailed as the successor to Diego Maradona as Argentina's next great striker, has already recreated Maradona's famous "Goal of the Centrury."  And now, by getting away with this handball goal against Espanya, Messi has also recreated Maradona's most infamous score, as well.

Up next for Messi: doing shitloads of cocaine and getting fat. 

(Via The Offside) 

You don't need to like soccer to be impressed by this.

That's Lionel Messi, Argentina's long-hyped 19-year-old, dribbling through five Getafe defenders to score a goal for Barcelona in the Copa Del Ray.  It's the closest we've seen to Maradona's Goal of the Century in the 20+ years since it happened. 

I saw this first at The Offside, but MJD Nathan Fowler has a great write-up at the FanHaus as well. You know, if you like "insight" and "analysis." *Yawn.*