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A lot of people still have Pele as #1 above Diego, but there again a lot of Brazilians think 'little bird' was better than Pele so Garrincha could be the GOAT.
Messi is brilliant, but he is an evolution. Maradona WAS the revolution.
I watched it last Monday, superb documentary.
Hats off to Asif Kapadia for being so balanced in his representation of such a complex man, in a complex City.
I highly recommend watching it in the cinema cos the sounds and the visuals are sensory mind ****.
Having watched the documentary I believe far better men would have succumbed to the traps Maradona fell into given melting pot he found himself in.
Brilliant documentary and a must see for any football fan.
i would plump for Messi too but to me it's impossible to label the best ever . the game has changed so much over the years . it's the same with rugby the modern players would smash any of the great rugby sides from the past . imagine what football or most sports are going to be like in 20 years time . can the players get any fitter ? will the goals been made bigger , will they change the off side laws etc
The last list I think I put out on the net I had Pele #1 and Maradona #2 , I don't think I had one single Englishman in the top 50, but there was a Welshman and a Northern Ireland player relatively high up the list.
I agree it's impossible. Messi and Ronaldo etc didn't have to face what were basically assaults that Maradona and Pele faced but the game is a lot quicker now and the players are machines. People should also remember that Messi and Ronaldo are studied rigorously by opposition analysts for weaknesses etc and players of the past never had to face that.
The Modern game is quicker now, although Maradona would be quicker as well. I've never seen anything quite like Maradona. The one thing people aren't talking about is his character, he could drag a team to victory, his presence alone was worth a goal or two. He wasn't scared of championing the poor and excluded or calling out corruption in the game or politically. He is a God to the working classes of Argentina and Naples.
I would say Maradona brought the game into the modern age, as nobody had seen his level of skills before, and from that moment on every young player tried to emulate him. Today's players can do exceptional things with the ball, but it all traces back to Maradona.