Barcelona legend Diego Maradona has claimed he taught Lionel Messi how to score free-kicks during his time as Argentina boss.
The duo worked alongside each other nearly a decade ago, with Messi playing under Maradona at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
And Maradona has now revealed how he helped the Barcelona star become a prolific free kick taker during his time as Argentina manager.
“I coached the best, Messi,” he said after being named manager of Gymnasia de La Plata.
"And nobody can tell me otherwise, because he was able to skip past up to five players – a phenomenon.
“He had an issue with free-kicks. When we finished every training session, we kept Leo behind so he could practice, and he started to hit the post.
“I didn’t teach him how to take a free-kick, then he asked me how I was able to score.
“I said, ‘you just have to hit it in the middle. They aren’t going to give me an Oscar to teach you this’.
“And he replied, ‘but I hit it in the middle and the ball goes this way or that way’.
"And I told him, ‘don’t worry, you’re going to make it’. Now he just can’t miss.”
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