Italy legend Cannavaro believes that Maradona is the best of all time despite Messi is the best of his generation.
Cannavaro is one of the few footballers to share a field with both Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona but believes the former Napoli man just edges it as the greatest player of all time.
Cannavaro was just 16 when he was tasked with marking Maradona in training while the iconic No.10 was in his pomp in Italy and leading the Neapolitans to two Serie A titles.
He also played against a younger Messi during his three years in Spain at Real Madrid and saw first-hand how devastatingly brilliant the Barcelona forward could be.
"I respect Messi a lot. For the new generation he is one of the best," he said. "But Maradona is different because the football was different. They kicked him a lot but he was always in control and he was tough.
"Messi is top but Maradona is another world. I never compare him with other players. I never saw Pele but I watched Maradona, for seven years I saw every game.
"He's not one of the best, he's the best."
garutal
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He played against prime maradona but never had the chance to play against prime messi. But still he chose messi as the best in this generation. Be strong cr fanboys
fadhili_nm2005
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Messi is simply the best and deserves the respect for he is the greatest of all te🐐🐐
Slow-Kelvin_10
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Messi made Cannavaro strike his leg against the post in a Classico with a beautiful chip... that's y he hates him and can't say the truth
Jincemprty
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most Messi Fans are delusional, they compare Messi even with players they do not watch when he was playing.Make your research maradona was that type of player where Heads of State watched his matches, he was hated by FIFA but still no one can stop him.Maradona single handedly gave Argentina world cup in 1986, maradona influence the world of football, he is a football revolution, Messi can't impact football as maradona. The humiliation Argentina is having with Messi can't happened under maradona. Remember barca is just a portion of football not all football.
CALDON10
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plz don't compare messi to maradona MESSI IS THE GOAT🐐