{"id":646938,"date":"2019-06-28T15:47:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"<br><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/06\/1561736879_613_messi.jpg\" \/><br><div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n\n<p>Venezuela coach, Rafael Dudamel, has named Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, as his best player in history.<\/p>\n<p>Dudamel stated this ahead of "},"modified":"2019-06-28T15:47:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:47:59","slug":"copa-america-2019-lionel-messi-named-best-player-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/copa-america-2019-lionel-messi-named-best-player-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Copa America 2019: Lionel Messi named best player in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/1561736879_613_messi.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Venezuela coach, Rafael Dudamel, has named Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, as his best player in history.<\/p>\n<p>Dudamel stated this ahead of Venezuela\u2019s 2019 Copa America quarter-final tie against Argentina on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela head to the game after defeating Bolivia 3-1 in their last match while Argentina defeated Qatar 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, he is the best in history, winning or not winning titles with Argentina, that will not take him out of first place on the podium,\u201d Dudamel was quoted by Sportskeeda as saying at his pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone admires him. 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