He will have his 'war' against the Argentine press along with Diego Maradona and the whole footballing world; his 'peace' will be a piece of history that could take place on July 15 at the Luzhniki Stadium, located at a distance of 200km from Yasnaya Polyana, where Leo Tolstoy, one of the world's greatest authors, was buried in 1910.

An interesting similarity between the two Leos - both 'Leo' and 'Lionel' - is that they have a Latin origin, meaning lion. Besides, Germans conquered both. Tolstoy's house was taken over by the Germans for 45 days in 1941. It was used as a hospital for their soldiers. Most dead soldiers were buried in the same graveyard, against the wishes of the Russians.