Messi brings more comparisons with Maradona

FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has drawn further comparisons with
Diego Maradona by scoring a near replica of one of the former Argentina
captain's most famous goals.

On Wednesday, Messi emulated Maradona's winner against England in
the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals in scoring Barcelona's second goal in
a 5-2 win over Getafe in the Copa del Rey semifinals.

Maradona's
feat - four minutes after he had scored the notorious "Hand of God"
goal - featured a long, dribbling run which left numerous England
defenders and goalkeeper Peter Shilton in his wake.

Nearly 21
years later, the 19-year-old Messi dashed from his own half past four
Getafe players before rounding goalkeeper Luis Garcia and scoring from
a narrow angle in the 29th minute at Camp Nou.

Messi agreed his goal was "similar to Diego's" but added he could "never be compared" with the former Argentina star.

"I
saw the space, I had a gap and I went forward," Messi told Barcelona's
TV station. "I did well. I took the goalkeeper on and scored. My aim
was the goal and to finish the move off. I saw that Samu (teammate
Samuel Eto'o) was there, but there were two defenders heading back. I
saw the gap and went for it."

Messi, who made his international
debut for Argentina at 18 and appeared at last year's World Cup, added
another first-leg goal in the 45th to boost Barcelona's hopes of
winning Spain's knockout compe