Cappa disputes Scaloni: Calling Messi greatest ever is an exaggeration

In the aftermath of Argentina's semifinal triumph over Croatia, a declaration became a debate: Lionel Scaloni named Messi the greatest footballer in history, and Ángel Cappa, a fellow Argentine coach, answered with a quieter but firm dissent. Cappa did not diminish Messi's brilliance — he questioned the reach of human memory, reminding us that every generation mistakes its horizon for the edge of the world. The argument is older than football itself: how do we measure greatness across time, when time erases so much of what it once contained?