The people of the world chose Maradona as the best soccer player ever? Why Pele got a reward too?
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You're right it never has been clear enough lot of strange things happen during world cups...
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Whns did the new era began? Right now, Ronaldino is the best player. Probably the best player of the past 15 years... Maradona´s prime came to an end in 1990. Messi is regarded, as many pthers, as the next big one... but Ronaldino is the best there is now!
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Maradona is definetely, the best.\nactive player I can say messi
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I think its too early to judge the players.  Can they ever be judged?  Well people are going to do it anyways despite the different types of conditions present in the different eras.  So, to get on with comparing, I would say that Ronaldinho is not yet better than Maradonna was.  I know that Maradonna fans would not even like the idea that he was being compared to anyone, let alone  a player like Ronaldinho, who is only half-way through his best years as a player.  Maradonna fans even have trouble with his being compared to Pele in the never-ending debate about the greatest player of all time.  What I will say though is that it is possible that Ronaldinho will surpass Maradonna.  Whether he does or doesn't remains to be seen.  If he does surpass him though, I don't think that you could ever say that Ronaldinho was even twice better than Maradonna.  Remember, Maradonna was a very great player.  Could Ronaldinho really ever be twice better?  No.  He will be a fraction better.  And believe me that will be enough to get Maradonna fans all around world up in arms...
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He is the best player. I'll go ahead and say that he is the best Brazilian football player. Sorry Pele, you have be over thrown.
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THE LAST WORLD CUP WAS JAPAN/KOREA IN 2002.  THE BEST FOOTBALLER WAS RONALDO FROM BRAZIL.  IF YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE WORLD CUP IN MEXICO IN 1986, THE BEST FOOTBALLER WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT MARADONA.
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By far, I think Ronaldinho from Brazil is the best player in the world. Not just because he is productive, but also he elevates soccer to a new level.
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I never saw Pele play but I watched Maradona in WC'86 and even though I'm an Englishmen, his performance was the greatest ever in my opinion.\nI would rate him above Pele for that reason alone. However my favorite player was Michel Platini of France.
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Pele has always represented ethic, glory, talent, success and committment.\n\nMaradona, although successful and glorious, does not represent ethic and committment. His severe drug additions, his famous hand-goal, etc. stir controversy in a character full of talent, but full of himself as well. \n\nWhile Pele` will always be an example for children, and a true hero, Maradona shouldn't be, even if Diego was a great football player (clearly I refer to soccer here).
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now in days it would be ronaldihno of barcelona his from brazil the best was pele brazil
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right now its Ronaldinho\nbefore that it was Eric Cantona\nand before that Maradona\nand then it was George Best\nbut Pele was the first true great
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pele was one of the greatest football players of all time. to find his like you would need to look at the entire history of the sport and bring in players like puskas, stanley matthews, or alec james.\n\nmaradonna wasn't a football player at all. he was just a cheat.
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It WAS Diego Maradona!
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Pele is the best, he is an amazing performer, and helped lead Brazil to 3 of its 5(soon to be 6) world cup victories. He is also one of the most influencial players to play the game. And the comment about Maradona not being considered an athlete is disrespectful to the game. Maradona was a great player, and drugs had nothing to do with that, if you wanna bet, why dont you go take some steroids or something and see if you become the next Maradona
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Maradona, because compared to Pele when Maradona played he was surrounded by pants players whereas Pele was surrounded with great players.  This shows that Maradona won his world cups basically single handed.
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Ronaldinho is the best player in the world.  He got the player of the year award for 2004 and 2005 and he might get it for this year too.  In 2004, Henry got second place and Shevchenko got third.  In 2005, Lampard got second and Eto'o got third.
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Pele is the most famous and probably the one that achieved the most success.  He won World Cups, European championships, and even championships in the U.S.\n\nTwo interesting anecdotes about Pele are:\n1) Once he was scheduled to play in an African country who was at war with its neighbor, and the neighbor country said that they would cease fire if Pele played in both countries.  So Pele played in both countries and war stopped for a couple of days to see him play.\n2) Pele was playing somewhere in Europe and everyone that was in the stadium went there to see Pele more than anything else.  During the game, the referee ejected Pele from the game, and the crowd went crazy.  So finally, Pele was brought back into the game and the referee was taken out!