Former Argentina National Team member: Messi is not the best player in history. He is not better than Cristiano and way less than Pele. He is not the best Argentine in history either.
"Diego has an attraction, an adoration. Messi does not transmit. I like the No. 1 who provokes, like Cristiano Ronaldo, like Diego. If not, he is not number one.
Messi can make it to the next World Cup, but he will be one less. Today he is already one less. He is playing country football in the United States.
Cristiano, limited, is a phenomenon. But limited is better than Messi. And he is limited because he does not have Messi's conditions, but he played in the best teams in the world. Where did Messi play? At Barça and in the Argentine national team. Messi did not demand himself to play in other teams, in other countries. And he had opportunities, eh?
Messi didn't even get kicked in the World Cup. In football, if they let you play, as Di Stéfano used to say, you play every day. On the other hand, Maradona was kicked to death. And Diego was beaten, fell down and got up again. You touch Messi and he stays there.
In my historical ranking? Messi is far behind. I'm not dislike him, I would love to say otherwise. He played easy soccer. At Barcelona they whistled everything at him, nobody gave him a kick and he had a team that played for him."
fuzacorstz
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This is the first person to say the truth about Messi’s situation. I have said this severally that he is not the greatest of all time. He only played football made easy and enjoyed too much protection
Davichi
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There would always be a few that would try to play down on the achievement of the GOAT with some myopic excuses. You don't have to move from one team to another to prove your worth. It's so funny when people use that excuse to rank Ronaldo, meanwhile players like Pele and Maradona were more known for their exploits with their national team... did they change national teams to be great? 😂 Lionel Messi has proven himself as the GOAT and the few misguided can't change that fact. Pele and Maradona are next in that other than the rest. PS: We're still waiting for Ronaldo to score at least one goal in the knockout stage of the WC and lead Portugal to win the greatest trophy of all... the World Cup.
nellomcfc
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He said Messi played easy and saved football, do you know what it means by competing against the world most notorious defenders in Ramos & Pepe for decades? players whose primary aims was to destroy Messi career? anyway everyone's entitled to their own opinion, I never watched Pele and Maradona play but I did watched Messi and Ronaldo, for me Messi is far better than him, it's my opinion. Saudi football is not better than America.
JazzyHandsome
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Last time Ronaldo fans were happy
AFerDGdp0935
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He doesn’t know what he’s saying. He’s old, he prolly forgot what football is.
Nino_Luxury
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I've said the same thing several times, Ronaldo is clear of Messi. Messi is a great player but he's not even the best in Argentina. Fifa continues to favor him because Ronaldo is like Donald Trump, always doesn't always agree with the corrupt leader, he even joined Saudi Arabia football which upset them more, the whole favoring of Messi is to get under Ronaldo's skin and make the world believe that their Pupet Messi is the greatest. Before Ronaldo wins anything he will sweat, until it's too big to ring, but on the other hand, he's always given controversial awards
hebkopz
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I hope this guy know the difference between football and WWE
Ashiray
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Ferguson is rated as the best manager because of his achievements with one club. He didn't have to be an itinerant. I know he was highly rated at Aberdeen, but he was relatively unknown. In my opinion, if it were not Ronaldo, Messi would have won the BALON D'OR from 2009-2022 with none stopping him. On the other hand Ronaldo would have had to battle with Neymar, Luis Suarez, Iniesta, etc., if there were no Messi. I've never picked offence with any body's choice; they only show the differences in our perspectives. No offense, one thing could be good but another could be better. Messi was born with the talent and he's living with it. Ronaldo fell in love with the game and decided to learn the act and he's doing perfectly. In my opinion, Messi shouldn't be placed next to anyone in the pantheon of football greats
pucabcdpru
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I won't lie, this is absolute hate, Messi never got kicked were you when he played his matches, Messi would fould and signaled to referees to blow the whistle. This guy was tormented by defenders especially Ramos and Casemiro in the El classicos. Sir with due respect you are very very MAD, you're Insane
jincelmpsu
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This is the first person to say the truth about Messi’s situation. I have said this severally that he is not the greatest of all time. He only played football made easy and enjoyed too much protection
Saying Messi didn’t get kicked has to be the most stupid thing to say
Davichi
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I've said the same thing several times, Ronaldo is clear of Messi. Messi is a great player but he's not even the best in Argentina. Fifa continues to favor him because Ronaldo is like Donald Trump, always doesn't always agree with the corrupt leader, he even joined Saudi Arabia football which upset them more, the whole favoring of Messi is to get under Ronaldo's skin and make the world believe that their Pupet Messi is the greatest. Before Ronaldo wins anything he will sweat, until it's too big to ring, but on the other hand, he's always given controversial awards
Some Chelsea fans are smart but you aren't one of them. 😂 FIFA favoured Messi to dribble from his half to score TWICE... only Maradona has done it ONCE. FIFA favoured Messi to win 2022 WC by giving France 2 penalties and forcing that France player not to score a last minute winner. It's really pathetic how some of you think.
Davichi
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This is the first person to say the truth about Messi’s situation. I have said this severally that he is not the greatest of all time. He only played football made easy and enjoyed too much protection
You're just a joker like this fellow who thinks being arrogant makes your great. Messi wasn't kicked? That's a very st*pid thing to say. Lionel Messi is the GOAT and most people who understand football know this, except a few misplaced ones like this fellow.