The answeris obviousandMourinhoclearly knows it, as bringing onArjen RobbenandJoeCole to hug the touchlines salvaged apoint at OldTrafford in a second half dominated by the Londoners.
While Maradona remained a lively source of fascination on the touchlines, his heir apparent, and the man predicted by many to stamp his authority on this World Cup as his iconic coach did in Mexico in 1986, Barcelona's Fifa World Player of the Year Messi, was a magnetic focal point on the pitch.