Originally posted by: raj80
Maradona himself is craving to see Arg win a WC...seen him cheering the team right from 2006...he was the one who said that Messi might go on to become one of the all time greats when he was just 19 debuting in WC 2006...
He played Messi in the wings for the balance of the team...it was a familiar role for him as he had played there for Barca...2010 Arg team was not as good as 2006 and the current one...
as far as Pele is concerned,Messi is an Arg and a Brazilian won't praise an Arg 😆...don't belittle Pele's achievements...those days there were career threatening tackles and there were good teams the Dutch,Germans...
agree many times they r harsh on Messi...
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<div>@Love_Katty:ya that's true 😆...Pelle brings 3 WC and Maradona says that Pele never played in Europe and never singlehandedly helped a small team win the toughest league like he did with Napoli...
In 2010WC there was huge criticism for Maradonna that he had Messi and he didn't make messi play as a striker, yes messi was young and inexperienced but that's how you bring changes, he was the best in the team and Maradonna wanted to balance the team by putting the best man as a winger ? Which coach would do that? The team was not as bad as it's made out to be, the management and coaching was bad, the same messi was breaking records in under20 WC and In laliga whereas he wasn't utilized. But as it validates that WC is a team work, everyone was at fault including Maradonna which he himself forgets when he puts the blame solely on Messi after 2014WC loss, dude they played the finals and he won the golden ball and this guy was busy spreading hate and negativity instead of appreciating the young guns and futur if his national team.
Yeah Maradonna praised messi then, he had to, he was the coach. but the recent criticism has put a bad taste about him, as I said if fans and media compares messi with Maradonna only bevUse just like Maradonna even rest of the argentines dream for that WC victory which was so close just because of Messi .. However Ever since record charts had started being flooded with Messi's name the insecurity has become visible. The same Maradonna just before the final match told messi that if you don't win then don't come back and now the same Maradonna is pleading for him to come back. I don't know what to like or dislike, all I know is messi himself never calls himself the GOAT, it's fans and media and he can't stop that and both Pele and Diego Maradonna needs to understand that.
If legends keep harping and crying about them being greatest then what's the god damn use ? Let fans speak, argue, fight and kill each other and decide , after all that's what matters at the end.
I never deny Pele and Maradonna's legacy, they are football gods and they define the football which messi carries now but as I said I grew up watching Lionel Messi doing some magic with his left foot, he's always special, and he's the only one who's compared to PeleDonna, makes me glad.
Argentine NT is very disorganized and even though they have good players , none if them are experienced enough to play without depending on Messi. I mean Di Maria always stays injured, Higuan is a curse , Aguero and Mashchereno doesn't know what to do, everything comes back to square one and Messi is either blamed it crucified, but never appreciated for leading the team to three back to back finals.
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