Pele or Maradona? Who is the king of Football?

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celine said:

trestres said:
So many people hate Maradona because he was a cocaine addict. Why the hate if I may ask? Just cause he used drugs doesnt mean he wasnt a great, if not the greatest player (in my opinion). Theres too many cases of famous abusing of drugs. But in his case Cocaine wasnt an advantage, but a disadvantage if we talk sports wise.

He was introduced into the world of cocaine in Italy, and people over there ran his life. He was coming from an extremely poor family and probably had used another kind of drug during his childhood. So people telling he is a piece of shit just cause he used drugs, you are the most ignorant and stupid people alive.

Hate me for this, but I support Maradona, I'm argentinian, so I wouldnt say the contrary.

And as an opinion, Pele was a great scorer, but Maradona had much more technique and skills.

I agree and I'm not argentinian. Between Pele and Maradona, I will always choose the latter.

I think that Van Basten and Baggio were also great attacker ( exist this term ? )

However I think that it is sad that in this type of soccer contest who do not play in a role that permit to score gaols are always excluded ... I mean a player like Maldini is a living legend of soccer world.

 

It's because it's much harder to tell when someone like a defensive midfielder is having a great match. You don't notice when someone is good at holding the ball, making tackles, passing to other players to make runs. But you will notice lots of tricks and goals. People enjoy talking about and watching attacking football more than they like defensive football.