Why does Messi needs to win a major tournament in order to be compared to Pele and Maradona?

[pastro243]

Goatseye said:

pastro243 said:
And about Messi, I think he is already better than Maradona, but not close to Pelé

He is more than what Pele was. A better striker, better 10 and a winger that Pele never was.

I'm sure he is, and I'm sure many players today would be better than him since football and training has evolved. Sportsmen are better now, but the level of superiority that Pelé showed against the ones against who he played is greater than what Messi does now IMO.

 

Maradona is closer, and I think Messi is better both in achievements and as a player, and I also don't buy the "Maradona won the World cup/serie a alone" since those teams were awesome. Also Maradona wasn't THAT ood in Barca 

 

I think argentinians just prefer diego since his personality is closer to the popular south american guy and because they don't care about champions League and such(understandable). Diego also was a Boca idol, Messi never played in Argentina.