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You‘d think he’s was the only player in the history of the World Cup that’s scored a dubious goal! it happens........but then depending who it benefits we here more or less about it.
Stop embarrassing yourselfThe fallacy that the World Cup is the pinnacle of football quality continues.
Put any international team in the Champions League and none would make the quarters.
Stop embarrassing yourselfPele spent the majority of his career playing in Brazil. Brazilians don't call him their GOAT. In fact, they generally don't put him top 3.
So how he can be the GOAT, I don't know.
Did they.........I mean England won a World Cup withone..
I’ve visited Brazil for work several times. That’s definitely not the impression I got from people I spoke to. You wait and see what Brazil is like when Pele dies.Never proved himself in a good league he was content to rack up goals in unofficial friendlies against pub sides in the 4th division of Brazil.
He was essentially carried by players such as Garrincha, Rivelinho and Jairzinho.
Absolute fraud of the highest order kept alive through documentaries which glide over his average world cup stats.
Ask any Brazilian who their best player was and not one will say Pele.
Really good film, one I watched at the cinema (before lockdown).The Diego Maradona film is available free on the Channel 4 site...It's a very good watch.
I think Pele is as revered in Brazil as Maradona is in Argentina. Globally too these two players almost transcend the sport.I’ve visited Brazil for work several times. That’s definitely not the impression I got from people I spoke to. You wait and see what Brazil is like when Pele dies.
Telling someone that their opinion of Messi being the best ever is “so wrong”, is well, so wrong. Statistically, he boots the arse of Maradona. Personally, I prefer Maradona as a player to,watch, but there’s no denyIng that Messi is the most productive of the two and if someone wants to use that to gauge who the best player is, that should be ok.AberdeenYid , reason for the disagree?
The fallacy that the World Cup is the pinnacle of football quality continues.
Put any international team in the Champions League and none would make the quarters.
Name me an international side better than Bayern or Liverpool.Nonsense.
Blimey such tripe.