Brazil’s biggest soccer player Pele thinks that Messi must not be compared with him.
He was in a media briefing and was asked about his opinion on Messi being the greatest of all time, he said that Messi only has one skill.
Pele said, “How can you make a comparison between a guy who heads the ball well, shoots with the left, shoots with the right and another who only shoots with one leg, only has one skill and doesn’t head the ball well?”
“As far as I’m concerned, Maradona was one of the best players ever,” he said. “If you ask me, ‘Was he better than Messi?’ Yes, he was. Much better. [Franz] Beckenbauer, [John] Cruyff were also excellent players.”
Pele is having over 1,000 career goals with a total of 3 world cups as well.
On the other hand, Messi is also having an impressive record under his name. Messi is having 567 club goals and 221 assists in 653 appearances and an additional 65 goals and 40 assists in 128 matches for Argentina. Messi also has won the Ballon d’Or five times, in addition to nine La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies.