Pele questions quality of Barcelona star Messi: Can you last the distance?!!
Pele believes Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi isn't close to matching his own feats in the game.
For many, Messi is the greatest of all time, but Pele begs otherwise.
"People like to compare him with me, but they seem to have forgotten Cruyff, Platini or Di Stefano, who were much better than Messi," said Pele.
Pele also said that in today's football, players' cycles passed very quickly, and cited the Brazilians Ronaldinho and Kaka, who once were the best in the world but have already been overtaken by Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Results & Fixtures
Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat May 12th | |||
| Real Sociedad | Valencia | 18:00 | |
| Real Betis | Barcelona | 2 - 2 | 20:00 |
| Sun May 13th | |||
| Racing Santander | Osasuna | 2 - 4 | 18:00 |
| Real Madrid | Mallorca | 4 - 1 | 18:00 |
| Málaga | Sporting Gijón | 18:00 | |
| Rayo Vallecano | Granada | 18:00 | |
| Villarreal | Atlético Madrid | - 1 | 18:00 |
| Getafe | Real Zaragoza | - 2 | 18:00 |
| Espanyol | Sevilla | 1 - 1 | 18:00 |
| Levante | Athletic Club | 18:00 | |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 38 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 100 |
| Barcelona | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 91 |
| Valencia | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 61 |
| Malaga | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 58 |
| Atletico Madrid | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 56 |
| Levante | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 55 |
| Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | -17 | 54 |
| Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 52 |
| Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 50 |
| Athletic Club | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 49 |
| Getafe | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 47 |
| Real Sociedad | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 47 |
| Real Betis | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 47 |
| Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 46 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | -20 | 43 |
| Real Zaragoza | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -25 | 43 |
| Granada | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | -21 | 42 |
| Villarreal | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 41 |
| Sporting Gijon | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -27 | 37 |
| Racing Santander | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -35 | 27 |
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Comments (60)
4 me messi is better than pele,don't forget olden days there is no off side but now off side is available u cant expert messi to score more than this as from now.But eve there is no off side messi can score goals than pele ordinary off side man.up messi up Barcelona.
4 me messi is better than pele,don't forget olden days there is no off side but now off side is available u cant expert messi to score more than this as from now.But eve there is no off side messi can score goals than pele ordinary off side man.up messi up Barcelona.
Pele scored 6goals/4games to win WC58 for Brazil at ONLY 17yrs old. Now how many goals Messi could add up for last 2 WC's ? PLEEEEZ. Messi was just a resonant hero of the Best Barca team (ever) in their history, other than that, he came back to the same ground as a very good player, no more!
People are IGNORANT to say Pele (only) scored in Brazil league:
- Pele destroyed best teams (European cup winners) like Benfica (with Eusebio) and Milan (riva) in 62 & 63 : 7goals+4ass/3games (Messi would be lucky to make HALF of Pele's stats in big games)
- Brazil league in 60-70 were very competitive with top Europe leagues: Proof: Pele led Santos to conquer Europe from 59-68: Pele scored 90goals over 60+ games against most big teams Barca, Real, Inter, Juve, Milan, Liverpool, Lyon, Auzere, Schalke, Dormund ...
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