Messi has been headlining since his return to
international football after a three-month ban. He scored the lone goal in the
Brazil - Argentina friendly and another goal and an assist in yesterday's
friendly which ended in a 2-2 draw for Uruguay and Argentina. Today, being the
50th anniversary of Pele's 1,000th career goal, Pele dismissed the notion of
there being any comparison between the Argentine and the Brazilian legend.
Per Marca, he said: "Messi better
than Pele? Pele is incomparable.
"Anyone who wants to compare Pele with another athlete knows
nothing. Messi is extraordinary, but within humans. Pele is outside humans, is
outside normal parameters.
"I do not say this because I am Brazilian, I say it because I saw
that story, the magnitude of Pelé, his plays, the individual technique, the
header, ambidextrous, his strength, his impulse. If you want to find a defect,
you will not find it.
"If somebody
comes to me and starts to make comparisons, for me it has no credibility.
"As if that were not enough, Pele had an extraordinary
charisma," he added. Messi and Tite were entangled had a fiery exchange
during Argentina's 1-0 win over Brazil.
Messi may have realized that being super talented isn't enough to carry
his Argentinian team, as he has now added a confrontational side to his
game, in pursuit of victory for country. Mr. Nice guy stays at Barcelona
henceforth.
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