The debate on who between Pele and Diego Maradona was the better player didn't make sense to many who grew up in the 80s and 90s because the magician from Brazil last played in October 1977.
Interestingly, even FIFA seemed to fail in this matter as the Player of the Century award was handed jointly to Pele and Maradona in...
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Among the Messi's and Ronaldo's, there will be only one Maradona
Credit: Mid-Day- Published on November 25, 2020
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Published on November 26, 2020 - 01:15
Maradona, Pele, Messi or Ronaldo – who is football’s greatest player?
Among the grief and adulation expressed after Diego Maradona’s death, an age-old debate of who was the game’s greatest player has been reignited. Thediscussion has been held many times before, and will no doubt be raised onmany more occasions in the future, but the loss of the masterful Argentinaforward aged just 60 has only intensified his claim to the throne.