Pele or Maradona?

@hcvvmk (175)
Malaysia
April 15, 2010 1:23am CST
Here's a very subjective discussion. Who do you think is bigger? Pele of Brazil or Diego Maradona of Argentina?
6 responses
@champan (513)
• Argentina
17 Apr 10
Maradona. And im going to explain it a bit. Just for you to see im not saying this just because im from argentina. Ok Pele's numbers. He won 3 world cups, playing in teams full of stars, like Garrincha( best brazilian player? or pele is the best?) and others. 3 in the numbers. Because he only played two matches in Chile 62, because he got injured. (We also have to mention the failure in England's 66 world cup, when they came back on first round. Yes that super team with Pele.) . He was a second striker ( a bit more near the goal than Maradona). He scored 760 goals in 822 official matches(including Brazilian international matches). He played in Santos and New York Cosmos (Where???). And he won a nice quantity of titles (apart from the 2 Libertadores and Intercontinental cups)... Lets see : Tasa Rio-Sao Paulo , Paulist Championships, and some of the antesesor of the brazilian league (with many powerful teams for sure). Oh yes and a NASL (nowadays MLS) Wow... nice CV. With powerful teams too. But... what? The greatest player ever didnt played in Europe?. He at least has an Scudetto, or a Spanish league championship. Tell me that... please!. Oh no, he dont. Maybe he was afraid of a failure in Europe, who knows. Oh yes, and he has 1200 goals,taking into account friendly matches. Nice number although. But he is a nice person?? I dont know.. He always shows himself as an arrogant person, saying he is the best. Ok, now Maradona. He played with two forwards or strikers apart from him ( because he played as a midfielder) But although he has 358 goals in less matches (nice number for a midfielder , who also has to assist the strikers). He started playing for a little team (Argentinos Juniors) for 4 years, and then he played in Boca Juniors where he could win his first tittle , and then he was transferred to Barcelona. He won some things there and then... Napoli, where he won 2 Scudettos and a UEFA cup (one Coppa Italia and Italian supercup also) ,but...where? In Milan? No, in Napoli, playing mostly alone, he made an irrelevant team , a famous and important one. He didnt played the Argentina 78 World cup, because some internal problems. Shame. And he played Italy 90 injured (Pele didnt played injured, in Chile) and Argentina got the 2nd place. And he won the 86 world cup, playing with any international relevant star??? Mm, no, sorry, he didnt have any Garrincha in his team. He have good players, and averages ones too. But not any important and relevant star. He won mostly that cup on his own.
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@tluanga (767)
• India
7 May 10
i have never seen any match of pele, what i know is what people are saying about him , thats it. I have watch maradona playing live and i know how good he is. If i have to compare maradona with any other player it will be messi. You guys know how messi has perform this season, incredible!. So yes Maradona , "the greatest footballer of all times".
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
18 Apr 10
i prefer choose maradona than pele. go maradonna
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@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
29 May 10
Well i think Pele is better player but maradona bigger in size laugh out loud .
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
18 Apr 10
it is hard to answered you know but in my opinion i prefer to choose Maradonna but i can not explain why i do prefer choose him
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@ngw429 (2)
• China
17 Apr 10
I think pele who is a bigger.His character is good ,while maradona is bad ,i don`t like maradona...
@pumared (514)
• Bulgaria
5 May 10
Pele is the best.