Maradona is miles better. He took a bunch of shit football players to WC glory in 86. He also took below average teams like Napoli to the title. He tarnished his image by taking drugs but there is no doubt he is better than Pele.
Maradona is miles better. He took a bunch of shit football players to WC glory in 86. He also took below average teams like Napoli to the title. He tarnished his image by taking drugs but there is no doubt he is better than Pele.
Well there is a little doubt at least, or else people wouldn't even be asking the question. If you put Pele's career record next to Maradona's then that's all you really need to answer the question. Maradona could have been great, but in the end he wasn't. Same goes for Best and Gazza. Pele held it together, he had the character, the others collapsed like Arsenal during a title run-in. Not a pretty sight tbh.Originally Posted by FakeYank
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He took recreational drugs, not performing enhancing ones.
Big difference IMO, hardly tarnishes his reputation.
As the hand of god was against England, should be a plus point for Diego bhai rather than a negative.
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i would stump for pele, yes he played in brazil, but he wasnt in the age of foreign players playing here there and everywhere, wasnt about the money and big transfer fees, he played cause he loved the game, he now has problems with erections so his ball control has lapsed over the years.
Will our kids be having the same discussion 15 years from now about Messi and Ronaldo (gay one not fat one)
Na uh. Theres no discussion necessary
Pretty much
Ronaldo and by even more distance than Pele over Maradona
Maradona edges it for me but I don't like how Pele gets written off just because he played for a good team. Maradona won the world cup with a relatively weak team but that doesn't mean Pele couldn't have. There's no way of knowing and it doesn't necessarily mean he was the better player. Pele outshone the rest of his Brazillian team-mates and was their go-to-guy who did the business when the team needed it.
It will be a discussion of Messi vs Maradona vs Pele.
Unlike those three Ronaldo's pretty much just a goalscorer, albeit a very good one. Not only does Messi score just as many goals as Ronaldo, but he's much more influential on his team's performance and he's a team player. All that's remaining is for Messi to win the world cup and he'll be part of the elite trio, otherwise people will use it as a stick to beat him with.
IMO since football is harder to play today than it was back then, Messi should be rated above the two if he can lead his country to the world cup.
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True, but you could also say that officials protect attacking players much more now than they did back then. The likes of Maradona and Pele got taken apart at times. It's difficult to compare players from different eras but Messi is definately in that bracket.
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