Pele or Maradona  - both legends - who was better ?
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everyone says pele but the people who know football they know its diego. Pele never played outside the americas Maradona done it in the hardest leagues in the world Italy and Spain. Pele was in a team full of brilliant players. Maradona was in a team of average players. Maradona won the world cup by himself.  And in the 2 seasons he was at Napoli they won the italian league those two years the only time in their history.
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YES HE WAS,HE WON WORLD CUPS WITH ORDINARY ARGENTINIAN TEAM,PELE WAS PART OF GREAT BRAZILIAN TEAMS,A GREAT PLAYER BUT DIEGO WAS A GREAT INDIVIDUAL PLAYER WHO MADE A TEAM WIN.
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In my personal opinion,would say Pele.
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Diego Maradona- Argentina
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i agree. pele was absolutely incredible. he didnt just have the skill but he had the brains and vision of a world class footballer. but for me at the moment it has to be thierry henry closely followed by ronaldinho, then kaka, then steven gerrard
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I think he is already better. In Maradonna`s time other players were to weak. Today competition is much better and that is why Ronaldinho is better.
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Diego Maradona from Argentina
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i think that only maradona cruyf and pele could compare due to titles and skills. Ronaldinhio is great but too young, and best didnt won so many titles. between them i choose maradona. he was skillfull we has always played in hard leagues and he won titles without having good players at his side like pele or cruyf.
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1. Pele's goal in 1958 against Sweden in which he beat a defender with an overhead lob and swivelled around to knock in to the roof Brazil's third goal.[I was not born then ,but I know I would have continued screaming  for at least a week after]\n\n2.Maradona's meandering run against England in 1986 which saw him fly past five defenders including the goalie before tapping into the net.[that was sheer claaaass!
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Argentina has a long tradition of great soccer players...from Ardiles, to Batistuta, Veron, and many more.  But the greatest of them all was indeed Diego Maradona.  A very talented, very troubled man.
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i'd go with maradona\n\nRight.. he won 3 world cups... but.. in 58 played only the last games, and in 62 played only one game. Brasil had a GREAT team(garrincha, Gerson, etc).. it wasn't just PELE (Maradona won the 86 cup almost alone, HE was the team.. right they were good, but not THAT good)\n\n\nAnd as someone else said.. winning that FIFA's award is as meaningful as winning Employee of the Month at McDonald's.\n\n\nit's very difficult to compare... it's two different times... a LOT of different circunstances(compare time, opponents, marking, TV presence, media/fan pressure, teams/co-players, etc)... that's why these discussions never get to an end... because it's all about opinions...
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Maradona is definetely, the best.\nactive player I can say messi
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Pele is definately THE BEST THERE EVER WAS but Ronaldinho is the best right now and could easily be THE BEST EVER!
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pele played amazing football for over a decade and was inspirational  to not  only brazil winning 3 world cups but also to other players all over the world. he played his best football in brazil and also in the world cups.\nGeorge Best was the best player in the english league for a couple of years. his ball skills were second to none. however, no world cup win goes against him as his skills were not seen by all in the world stage. he did not have an allround game as the brazilian did. \nso to conclude, Pele is certainly the best player.
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El Diego #10 Maradona, Scored 2 goals against England in 1986 World Cup. First was a clear handball but the second was bloody miracle as Bobby Charlton put it.
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MARADONA...th e10... he's the only 1... when pele played, socccer was crap!...\nMARADO, MARADO, MARADO
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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