"For me, the idea of an Argentine shirt is — sweat for it, sacrifice for it, be professional, be close to your teammates. And the footballer who comes closest to this is Masche (Javier Mascherano). Masche is my captain and I shall have ten other guys with him in my team."


Lionel Messi (left) with Javier Mascherano 

These were Diego Maradona's words back when he was the coach of Argentina.