Brazil legend Pele has praised Barcelona star Lionel Messi, but noted that the 24-year-old still has a long way to catch the football legend.
Argentina international Messi became the second player in the history of the Ballon d’Or to win the prestigious award three times in a row when he lifted the title earlier this month in Zurich.
Pele acknowledged that he is a fan of Messi, but stressed that the diminutive attacker faces a hard task to equal him.
“Technically speaking, we are practically at the same level,” Pele told Le Monde. “We have both received a gift from God.”
“Records are made to be broken, but it will be hard to break mine. When Messi has scored 1,283 goals and won three World Cups, then we will talk.”
“People ask me all the time when there will be a new Pele. I tell them: ‘Never’. My parents shut down the factory.”
Mardon, neither you nor haokip have read all my posts. Multiple times I have stated that Pele did depend on Garrincha, Didi, and Zagallo. Those 3 provided ammunition for Pele to score goals on. And the same is so for Messi with his teammates at Barcalona.
So you can’t say I’m blinded by Pele’s fantastic skills. Neither have I been blinded by Messi’s. To say that Pele would have not have achieved anything, however, is bullshit, and the same is so for Messi. Here’s what’s certain: both wouldn’t have achieved as much as they have if it weren’t for teammates.
I’ve said this stuff before. No offense, Mardon, as you actually have provided a consistent argument that is actually good, but you sounded just like Haokip and ALL the other Messi fans here: broken records. The reason why I hit on the same things is that every Messi fan hits on the same things. And most of them don’t even provide a good argument, if they even come back to argue at all. Maybe you guys should go back and read every single post that me, Cloud, and Russ Ru have made. We’ve made all remarks by Messi fans redundant. This hasn’t been any different.