When Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona played on the same team, it was pure magic

Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi are both considered to be two of the greatest footballers of all time and back in 2005 the pair shared the pitch together.

Anyone who wanted to see how they compared got the chance when the teenager linked up with a 45-year-old Maradona for an Argentina All Stars team in a charity match.

It's clear from the highlights that the two men were on the same wavelength with passes, one-twos, and flicks that are difficult to deal with.

Not everything is perfect but with a bit more time together it's easy to see how incredible the two men playing together would have been.

It's especially impressive when you consider one man was way past his prime and the other several years before it.

Of course the two men would work together again as the Napoli legend took on the job as Argentina manager between 2008 and 2010.

Martin Palermo's injury time penalty in Argentina's penultimate game of the 2010 World Cup qualifying against Peru, followed by Mario Bolatti's 84th minute winner in the final game against Uruguay meant the side just snuck through to the finals in South Africa.

The South Americans breezed through their group before beating Mexico 3-1 in the second round. However in the quarters they were embarrassed by a 4-0 win for Germany and Maradona was soon sacked.

12 years later and Messi would follow in the footsteps of the late Maradona in lifting the World Cup with Argentina, 36 years after he did in Mexico back in 1986.