Pele never played in Europe if I am correct...all his club career was USA n Brazil so he should understand that the most difficult football competition lies in Europe.
kudos to maradona at least he played top leagues. so comparing himself with messi just cos he won 3 world cup is like saying Ramos having won 4 champions league title is better than ronaldo delima

This man is plain foolish, football is more competitive now than their time.
Messi is the best player ever and lots of football players and coaches gave confirmed that already.
I watched some of this Pele clips and I just shake my head, defenders were so docile

The truth they say it's a bitter pill to swallow. Pele and Maradona are leagues above the likes of C. Ronaldo and Messi when you compare their all round football. Johan Cruff is another great player, watch his clips and thank me later.

As for those saying football is easier then, it easier now, better medical team, boots, energy drinks, pitch and so on

zudozz:
Pele is seeek in da head! No one has ever been as good as Messi.. not to talk of been better! Only Ronaldo da lima came close but Messi d greatest![b][/b]

you dont know history bro. U talk like this because you hear of messi everyday. Many fine player has crossed the game of football and messi is one of them. Messi could be among 10 legends of football. I don't thought but you will be mistaken if you think people like maradona, pele couldn't match him you might be wrong because this player has a god-status when it comes to football.

yemaldo:
Messi don offend him village people

3 world Cup and over 1000 goals no b beans, pele's d greatest ever

And how many countries played in those so called world cups that pelle won?

Competitions are really shallow back then.

That's what make Ronaldo fun to watch more than Messi.... He can use the Head, Use the Left and Right Foot, Run ... CR7 is the Goat ...... Ronaldo won the Greatest Cup in football trice consecutively and he was also there and you call the Kid God of Football. Ronaldo is the real GOAT

We have 2 dimensions in the world of soccer.

1) National Team Dimension
2) Club Dimension

In the case of National Team, Pele was superb while Messi beats him hands down when it boils down to club level.

At least this man should accord some respect to Messi if not for anything, but for the fact that he broke a record even him (Pele) couldnt smell in his playing days.

You think sey e easy to win 3 straight WB and 5 in total?
Sentiment apart, Pele was good but I think Messi is better.

For him to have compared Messi to someone who used drugs in his playing days, I think old age is starting to affect Mr Pele.

DEADALIVE:
Pele never played in Europe if I am correct...all his club career was USA n Brazil so he should understand that the most difficult football competition lies in Europe.
kudos to maradona at least he played top leagues. so comparing himself with messi just cos he won 3 world cup is like saying Ramos having won 4 champions league title is better than ronaldo delima

Ramos is a Defender ... That one you talked about was a Forward ... do you watch football at all?

DEADALIVE:
Pele never played in Europe if I am correct...all his club career was USA n Brazil so he should understand that the most difficult football competition lies in Europe.
kudos to maradona at least he played top leagues. so comparing himself with messi just cos he won 3 world cup is like saying Ramos having won 4 champions league title is better than ronaldo delima

How is it possible that a Brazil was able to win the World Cup 3 times with Players not playing in Europe? Pele was not the only one not playing in Europe. Jairzinho, Tostao,Rivelino Carlos Alberto etc

That would challenge the validity of the assumption that playiing in Europe means what you think it means

When Dunga lifted the World Cup as captain was he still playing in Europe
Eusebio and George Best were greats too and were playing in Europe .

Why was Pele considered to be greater?



Brazil is a great football nation and playing in Europe is not the be all and end all

English players have been playing in Europe for ever and they are still rubbish

Walehelt:
@Pele again hahahaha, in that 1000 goals you must know that Pele included goals he scored in Sunday league games playing against family and friends. In simple words some of Pele's goals were not scored in official games about 300+ of his goals were against family and friends.

Toor!!!

So let the insults stop. Don't compare Pele, Maradona, Ronaldinho and CR7 the G.O.A.T with Messi. Have you heard?

gurunlocker:


Sorry, Messi don't argue with people about who the best is.

You've used your own time, just STFU and enjoy the moment.

He's talking about him using just one leg. Maybe he hasn't noticed that it is easier for players who their strong leg is right to easily use left as a weak foot.

But it's hard for those who their strong foot is left to use right

Messi is short, so scoring goals with head will be hard. Moreover, only person that stays inside the box and wait for pass from others score head goals. Messi create chances and also score

Go check Pele's height before u comment. Typical Messi fan

Dee60:
Football was much easier in Pele's days!

The old man should stop making this kind of comparison and let the fans judge.

To me, Messi is a lot better than Pele. The kind of passes, goals and assists you see fro Messi has not been seen with any other player.

Messi makes long accurate passes as if it's done with laser technologies!

Dribbling is another thing!!

And any season he plays as false nine again, then the world will record another goal scoring feat, just like what he did back then.

Olumeme:
This man is plain foolish, football is more competitive now than their time.
Messi is the best player ever and lots of football players and coaches gave confirmed that already.
I watched some of this Pele clips and I just shake my head, defenders were so docile

Docile?

Are you even aware of the rule changes since that time.

Life is very easy for attackers now compared to then

Offside - Strikers had to be BEHIND the defender. To be in line was OFFSIDE
Straight red for tackle from behind. In those days nothing like that
Straight red for deliberate handball to stop goal THEN nothing like that

Back pass goal keeper could pick the ball up with their hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2HcvMkOiA
Deny obvious goal scoring opportunity by foul Straight red card now THEN nothing like that.
All offsides were offside whether interfering with play or not
The ball was of leather and tended to get heavier if it was wet/raining
I think the difference is so much that we are not comparing the same game really

Football in those days was much harder than the one of present days. Most of you are just sentimental in judgement, well , everyone with his or her opinion.

Pele analysis is very correct about Messi. Come rain, come sunshine, Messi can never be compare to pele neither can Fifa declare Messi the greatest. Besides Messi has not won the world cup which pele won 3 times. In pele era, there were a lot of skillful players and football was difficult than what it is now.

peterd53:


Wetin Ashley cole do am? FYI zidane won d ballon d’or wen he was ripe. Robben,inesta and xavi became ripe during messi era. Get your fact right boy about cannavaro nt winning ballon d’or

you never dey watch ball to know wetyn dem do am.
Zizou would have won 2006 if he did not head butt d Italian. Rinaldo de lima won world best very young even till 2002 which ripe u con dey talk. Who no strong no strong.

Ikem11:
Messi Comparism ends with c. Ronaldo, kaka, Ronaldo of Brazil, litlle bit Ronaldinho. If u compare Messi with likes of Zidane, Beckham, Maradona, and legend of football Pele then u on your own.

Do you even watch the game at all? You're talking of Beckham and Zidane? My God

During Pele's era, only 16 countries compete for the world cup.

Moreover, out of the 3 world cups Brazil won during Pele's era it was only in the 1970 edition that he was regarded as the best player of the competition(which was his last cup). There were other players in the Brazilian squad with better qualities than Pele and they were awarded best player of the competition ahead of Pele.

So, the old man should check his records better!

All modern day greats are better than Pele and co.

herlonso:

Do you even watch the game at all? You're talking of Beckham and Zidane? My God

Sotland:
Football in those days was much harder than the one of present days. Most of you are just sentimental in judgement, well , everyone with his or her opinion.

Pele analysis is very correct about Messi. Come rain, come sunshine, Messi can never be compare to pele neither can Fifa declare Messi the greatest. Besides Messi has not won the world cup which pele won 3 times. In pele era, there were a lot of skillful players and football was difficult than what it is now.

You're wrong. Football of nowadays is harder. Keeper wear gloves now which makes it easy to save than before

No offside rule then but we have offside rules now

Saying football is harder then is baseless perhaps you want to say there is more competition then than now

please sir I've watched ur highlights n parts of ur games on youtube, you are not better than messi..had u played in Europe and scored such amount of goals then I'll give it s second thought..imagine Messi playing in Brazil,with d best team.. shey wen Neymar was playing there,he was said to be better than Messi n Ronaldo...Messi is not even a striker so why compare ur goals to his??
winning the world cup is not an individual award,its like saying Modric won d balon d'or because he won d champions league n his team almost won d world cup

Sotland:
Football in those days was much harder than the one of present days. Most of you are just sentimental in judgement, well , everyone with his or her opinion.

Pele analysis is very correct about Messi. Come rain, come sunshine, Messi can never be compare to pele neither can Fifa declare Messi the greatest. Besides Messi has not won the world cup which pele won 3 times. In pele era, there were a lot of skillful players and football was difficult than what it is now.

But Pele won the best player just in 1970 world cup, which testifies to the fact that others were actually the real backbone of the Brazilian squad in the 2 previous world cups Pele won

odizeey:
you never dey watch ball to know wetyn dem do am.
Zizou would have won 2006 if he did not head butt d Italian. Rinaldo de lima won world best very young even till 2002 which ripe u con dey talk. Who no strong no strong.

I’m so sure you’ve not known d way to ball house wen I started supporting Barca

Xavage7:

I disagree... Cr7 better than delima anyday
Do you have any idea of how football has evolved...

I no sure say u sabi dey Lima. Mk cr7 win world best playing in Holland na. For PSV not even ajax

mezarddinny:
pele dey mad, he thinks the stupid defenders he faced are the same with the strong and powerful ones messi has faced. No defender of pele's time was as good as cahill, even though cahill is not good

Gbam!!! Especially those technically-gifted defenders

Pele has consistently hyped himself which is not the quality of a true great. If you are truly great, you would be humble. He has also never praised Messi!

In my opinion, Messi ranks easily above Pele and Maradona, who also recently took a jibe at Messi. Jealousy!

Watch the best videos of Pele, then Maradona. Compare with what Messi displays week in week out at Barcelona and you would easily see that the little man Messi, is unrivaled.

Just to add, the game is faster now, defenders harder and tougher , and the atmosphere far more tense than in the days of Pele and Maradona.

Why Nigerians think like this..... I watched Pele documentary... It's hard for you to break into national team cos there is a lot of gladiators that's one and 2 playing world cup that time when you have teams like Italy and Germany no be beans..... Pele is respected worldwide right from the 70s 80s and till now..... Much accolades for him... This is a Messi that played against team Nigeria under 20 and yet we are being ribbed for them to lift that trophy

Ikem11:

Do you know soccer rating is Based on competition? How many great players play in time of Messi? Only cr7. Compare to when Ronaldinho. Kaka, iniasta, Zidane and many was counting head to head at once... Very confusing to know who is top.... But Messi time it's easy to pick Messi cos no other player makes magic in his time of play

You get sense at all?

distinctguy:


But Pele won the best player just in 1970 world cup, which testifies to the fact that others were actually the real backbone of the Brazilian squad in the 2 previous world cups Pele won

He won them at 17 and 21
How many 17 or 21 year old players are the "backbone" of a World cup winning team?

Backbone is YOUR OWN terminology meaningful only to you.

Garincha was best player in 1962 he was 29
Didi was best player in in 1958 he was 30
Pele was Best player in 1970 he was 30

peterd53:


I’m so sure you’ve not known d way to ball house wen I started supporting Barca

na e you no sabi wetyn dem do messi 2006 for corner area

fredylee:
Pele has consistently hyped himself which is not the quality of a true great. If you are truly great, you would be humble. He has also never praised Messi!

In my opinion, Messi ranks easily above Pele and Maradona, who also recently took a jibe at Messi. Jealousy!

Watch the best videos of Pele, then Maradona. Compare with what Messi displays week in week out at Barcelona and you would easily see that the little man Messi, is unrivaled.

Just to add, the game is faster now, defenders harder and tougher , and the atmosphere far more tense than in the days of Pele and Maradona.

so Ali that hyped himself who was and is better than him

Its and insult and total disregard to prolificacy by comparing pele with messi... Pele ply his trade in numerous clubs.. Let messi try his luck in another club and division... How can u stay in barcelona(from birth). For almost 60 yrs and say u are world best