Pele Says He Is Better Than Messi

12 Responses to Pele Says He Is Better Than Messi

1. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   April 29, 2011 at 5:48 am

   My Brazilian friends insist there is a player in Bazil’s history that was better than Pele. They insist! I forgot the name they gave. I’ll be with a few of them on Sunday. I’ll try to remember to ask.

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2. Galvanize says:

   April 29, 2011 at 6:26 am

   As brilliant as Messi is, I still put Maradona ahead of him.

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   • stevengoddard says:

     April 29, 2011 at 6:29 am

     He had the hand of God working for him. ;^)

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3. MarkL says:

   April 29, 2011 at 8:02 am

   Indeed, Garrincha is considered to be the better player in Brazil….Ah, Garrincha! The joy of the people! The guy who lost his virginity to a goat and fathered 40+ children….was a great player to be fair…played with a deformed leg and still took the piss……legend.

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   • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

     April 29, 2011 at 1:17 pm

     Well, I’ve lost my appetite now.

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4. omnologos says:

   April 29, 2011 at 8:22 am

   There was Leonidas before them, and another great player with a German-sounding family name if I remember correctly.

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5. John Edmondson says:

   April 29, 2011 at 8:46 am

   Pele is the best. Messi is only at the start of his career, so you can’t compare. 3 world cup winners medals and 3 goals in world cup final matches is the benchmark.

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   • stevengoddard says:

     April 29, 2011 at 12:31 pm

     His last goal against Madrid was pretty amazing.

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6. Andy Weiss says:

   April 29, 2011 at 12:43 pm

   Pele had to be the greatest. He is the Babe Ruth of Soccer!

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   • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

     April 29, 2011 at 1:16 pm

     Does Pele have a candy bar? Come on!

     ;O)

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7. Andy Weiss says:

   April 29, 2011 at 1:33 pm

   My opinion is that Babe Ruth still holds the single season home run record. He will hold it until someone hits over 60 in 154 games without being “juiced”. But for all we know, maybe Babe Ruth was juiced (on something other than booze).

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8. omnologos says:

   April 29, 2011 at 6:12 pm

   Here he is: Arthur Friedenreich. Better than the rest, apparently.

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