Maradona or Pele (or someone else)

[Gribz 919]

As Pele turns 70 this weekend and Maradona 50 next week there is an article on BBC about who was the best ever.

 

For me it was Maradona.

 

Always difficult to compare players in different era's but Ive never seen anyone as good as Maradona. Zidane would be as close as it gets. Messi does it at club level and is still young enough to do it at the next world cup. Ronaldo (Brazil) was a class act also.

[pete 2,499]

As Pele turns 70 this weekend and Maradona 50 next week there is an article on BBC about who was the best ever.

 

For me it was Maradona.

 

Always difficult to compare players in different era's but Ive never seen anyone as good as Maradona. Zidane would be as close as it gets. Messi does it at club level and is still young enough to do it at the next world cup. Ronaldo (Brazil) was a class act also.

 

Pele for me. Don't forget that the boots that pele wore and the ball were probably twice as heavy as what Maradonna wore and played with. A lot of the wee tricks weren't possible with the old style gear. As you say it is difficult to compare different era's and you tend to idolise players when you are a teenager but one thing is for sure both would still have been superstars in the modern age. For me johanne Cruijff and possibly George Best should be put on the same stage.