emeijeh:
See as hand of god don turn to blown-blow (balloon) of life

Blazebond:
Argentina have not been able to find a successor for this incredible footballer,diego armando maradona,the greatest ever.

Blazebond:
Argentina have not been able to find a successor for this incredible footballer,diego armando maradona,the greatest ever.

Ezeudo7:
Legend of the game.. 2nd Greatest of all time after Messi! Pls. show him some respect..

IntrovertedK:
Coke addikt. The greatest after Messi.
If you know, you?

theDEVILisHERE:


greatest players= Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldo 9

Messi is not in their class
Ronaldinho would be even mentioned ahead of him

.... Messi fans need to stop deluding themselves and trying to force their irrelevant opinion down people's throat

eni4real:
He is still living on the glory of 1986 World cup where his teammates scored all the 3 goals in the final!!!

Zizou, another world cup winner has achieved far more as a coach!!!

Griezmann is a World Cup winner too but he will never be hyped like that because football is more demanding now than being a "one tournament wonder"!!!

emeijeh:
See as hand of god don turn to blown-blow (balloon) of life

eni4real:
He is still living on the glory of 1986 World cup where his teammates scored all the 3 goals in the final!!!

Zizou, another world cup winner has achieved far more as a coach!!!

Griezmann is a World Cup winner too but he will never be hyped like that because football is more demanding now than being a "one tournament wonder"!!!

Kanade21:


You have a C5 spinal injury, you should not be able to type, if it is you.

Joshuazedd:


Maradona one tournament wonder? kids these days

GEEBITE:
You forgot to add that he was their top scorer and released the defence splitting pass that Buruchaga strolled to the goal to slot in.Typical millennial football analyst .How many goals did Messi score in 2014 final against Germany? Let this stick in Maradona has more goals in world cup matches than Messi has despite playing fewer number of matches.Keep looking for players that will make Messi better to win a world cup.

eTECTIV:
Dats how dey'll still ask for his head in their thousands.. A successful playing career doesn't qualify U for a coaching career.. He has shown time and time again why he will neva be a successful coach

Ezeudo7:


Abeg no vex this na Monday morning.

I suppose you put Pele ahead because he won 3 world cups when 8 countries participated?

Maradonna Ronaldo Da Lima..are the only 2 you can compare to Lionel Messi..But if you do not agree with me. Good!

eni4real:
Defence splitting pass?? Or Buruchaga fine finish!
What about Valdano, and Brown goals??
Maradona was the highest goal scorer of the team but final is the most important match of a tournament.
if he had poor teammates that can't score a one on one chance, he would have suffered defeat like he did in 1990 World cup final!!!

Mind you that was 33 years ago...

Deschamp that won the World cup 12 years after Maradona, has also won the World cup as a Coach!!

Maradona is still living on the glory of his days as a player, instead of improving himself as a coach!..

Zizou is far better than him!!!!

eni4real:
Apart from the World cup which other tournament was he excellent??

Won just 2 SerieA
Just 1 Europa!!

No UCL at all!!!

theDEVILisHERE:


Messi is not in the league of any of those guys, case closed
He doesn't match their skill and charisma

There's nothing spectacularly new with what Messi does

Talent wise there are players not among the greatest that shiits on Messi's talent

Ezeudo7:


Please do you know what the word ''Skill'' means? Another question.. Have your played football to any level before as in played under a coach?

theDEVILisHERE:


Irrelevant questions
Those who know me know my football credentials are not in doubt
Internet in not where u prove ur achievements

The least skillful among those greats is Pele
Even at that pre injury Pele was extremely skillful
He latter just decided to focus on Goals (Cr7 did similar too)
Only world cup he missed due to injury Brazil didn't win it (1960)
That's to tell u how great the man is

Skill wise Messi cannot touch the charisma of Maradona, the grace and elegance of Zidane or the devastating ability of Ronaldo 9

Messi is in the lower tier of greats ie: Cruff, Ronaldinho, di Stefano, Bekembeur etc

Ezeudo7:


Maybe its american football or cricket or lawn tennis ball u re talking about.. U dont know football more than Ferguson Zlatan Lampard Rooney Wenger....and the rest that have confirm Messi is greatest..

theDEVILisHERE:


.. Messi is not, can not and would not ever be the greatest
Signed sealed fact!

Who ever said what is their business
Facts on ground are there and can't be changed

.. Its easier to say someone is the best, but to say someone is the greatest? Facts must prove that

.. Fans and their myopic arguments cannot win their favorite such title

Ezeudo7:


What fact could you possibly have that ferguson and wenger dont have? You even said you play football?

GEEBITE:
He didn't win titles at Boca Juniors,he didn't win at Barcelona? Or you thought he only played for Napoli.

GEEBITE:
Dont be shifty,what has brought Zidane into this line of argument now.It is an obvious fact that Maradona is a charlatan when it comes to coaching.Most teams engage him for just the short term to draw attention to their team or using his cult image to galvanise their players as Gimnasia are trying to do to stay up the league.
Back to the crux,if you had been privileged to watch that final match live and not on YouTube and the context of a game which Argentina were two goals up and Germany levelled up and gunning to win the match.For Maradona to come up with a pass that rendered all of the defense line useless from the centre of the pitch and Buruchagga racing on clear to goal.A simple finish expected at that level.FYI the pass was the highlight reel of that world cup final not the goal scorers.
Back to you still searching for players for Messi to achieve world cup greatness.I will walk you through Maradona world cup career.Forget about 1982 finals where he was practically kicked out by the Italians eventual winners in second round,to 1986 where he took a team which had almost half of it being washed out(declining) to the glory.(France and Brazil had the best teams going onto that finals).What about the sub standard 1990 team to the finals.That team could not make 10 straight passes going forward.But against Brazil the favourite in second round,Maradona took the entire Brazil defence(favourite again) on a mazy run and laid the ball on plate for Cannigia to slam in extra time.That is the stuff of Legend.Now let us talk about 1994 team brimming with stars like Batigoal,Roberto Sensi, Redondo,Cannigia,the goalie with the squint Goicochea etc.They were coming on on the back of 1993 Copa America win and hot favourites with a declining Maradona this time.Do you recall this team did not win a single game again after Maradona got banned for failing drug test after the match against Nigeria and which we all know he decided the game with two moments of magic and ingenuity.
Apparently you have football punditry skills,but don't be a snowflake type that only live for the moment.I will reiterate to you that Messi can never be mentioned as the greatest footballer of all times which you always tout except he wins the world cup.This generation is lucky to be seeing live matches and media hype.Even with the famous dribbling skills you all hype,he doesnt even come close to Garincha or Johan Cruyff.

eni4real:
Zizou, Deschamp and Beckernbauer.. . All won the World cup as players and are far ahead of Maradona as a Coach!!!

Maradona should stop living on the glory of 1986 World cup final when his teammates scored 3 goals that won them the TROPHY!!!
He should focus on his career as a Coach!!!

theDEVILisHERE:


Same Ferguson that rated C Ronaldo ahead of Ronaldo de lima ?

Mr man stop wasting ur time arguing
U all sound like Justin beiber fans of some yrs back

Do u even know what it means to be the Greatest in something?

The greatest are those I mentioned and nothing can change that fact