Barcelona star Lionel Messi, who won the first of his four consecutive Ballon d'Or awards in 2009, for example. An Argentina side with attacking prowess breezed through to the quarter-finals at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa despite Messi not contributing a single goal. However, when they needed him most he was unable to deliver as Maradona's shellshocked Argentine team were ruthlessly torn apart by Germany 4-0 in the last eight.