Why are Diego Diego Maradona and Messi both Italian?

Argentines and Uruguayans are the only two countries in Latin America with pure European immigrants as the absolute subject. Messi is a hybrid of Italian and Catalan. The main lineage of the old horse is Italy, but the hybrid is Indian. Tevez and aguero are Spanish hybrids. Di Maria, Simi, Milito and Mascherano are all pure Italians, while Higuain is a descendant of Spanish Basques such as Cambiaso, Lei Dongduo and Demichelis. Pastore, Veron, Riquelme, otamendi, aimar and maxi rodriguez are all pure Spanish Castilians, Heinze is a German-Italian hybrid, and Samuel is a British-Italian hybrid.