Messi has broke records one after another! I can't believe how seven games tournament is the decider of an athlete career! I am a big Maradona fan my self and I still think the biggest achievement of football history was Maradona winning two Scudetto for Napoli but they are both great in different ways and they can't be compared anyways because they are from two different era. Football was played differently than now! Messi never enjoyed as much space as Maradona in WC 86!
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I remember 86 very well. Maradona was kicked all over but he used to get up and get on. He wasn't protected by referees like star players are now. Referees give cards much more now and no one dares to tackle in case they get cards.
but I agree they should not be compared but they are all the time.
anyway can some one tell me how Messi deserved the honour of the best player in the WC? Seriously! !!
but I agree they should not be compared but they are all the time.
anyway can some one tell me how Messi deserved the honour of the best player in the WC? Seriously! !!
No, I don't mean he deserved to win! I'm just saying he was even better than Messi for the latter to win it! and yes, Neymar did carry Brazil till the Semifinal! He was the only one doing something! Look what happened without him in the team! No one in this WC carried his team, the way he carried Brazil and the importance he had in their team!
Come on mate, I know your dissapointed but of course individual awards such as the golden ball or Ballon d'Or matters. Yes I know Golden ball is not the same as Ballon d'Or for instance but Im just making a point that these individual awards matter. Even if you dont agree with me I can promise you most of the top players in the world definetely care about getting an award like that, especially Ballon d'Or.
In football I hate arguments that hinge on "well he hasn't won x yet". Football is a team game. You can't win if you're being used wrong, or your teammates aren't upto the standard. It doesn't matter who you are.
You could say Maradona was the best even if Messi won this WC in my opinion. People literally are just waiting on him to either win it or not win it to crown him. For me, the reason Maradona was great was because he was involved in everything the same way a Zidane was (he was the go-to guy) and had far less protection in terms of the refs, as well as scoring and making a shitload of goals. Where he loses out is in the fact that he was a liability in terms of his character. He had a shortened career because of it.
Ultimately, I think Messi's statistics are too ridiculous to argue with, when you're comparing attacking players. At 27, he's already ahead of most all-time greats in terms of their career numbers. He is the Gretzky of our time: he is the best scorer and assister almost every year. What more, his genius makes him a devil of a player to contain, he wasn't some morde-khor like Inzaghi or Muller.
I think he should leave Barca though. He has won all he can with them. He needs a new challenge and new motivation. LIVERPOOL!
You could say Maradona was the best even if Messi won this WC in my opinion. People literally are just waiting on him to either win it or not win it to crown him. For me, the reason Maradona was great was because he was involved in everything the same way a Zidane was (he was the go-to guy) and had far less protection in terms of the refs, as well as scoring and making a shitload of goals. Where he loses out is in the fact that he was a liability in terms of his character. He had a shortened career because of it.
Ultimately, I think Messi's statistics are too ridiculous to argue with, when you're comparing attacking players. At 27, he's already ahead of most all-time greats in terms of their career numbers. He is the Gretzky of our time: he is the best scorer and assister almost every year. What more, his genius makes him a devil of a player to contain, he wasn't some morde-khor like Inzaghi or Muller.
I think he should leave Barca though. He has won all he can with them. He needs a new challenge and new motivation. LIVERPOOL!