Brazil legend Zico has said that Barcelona Star Lionel Messi can't be compared to Diego Maradona or Pele because he has not won the World Cup.

Messi is widely regarded as one the best players in the world alongside rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

But Messi has failed to win any international honors with the Argentina national team and got knocked out of 2018 World Cup in the last 16.

MySportDab report Argentina have struggled to win any trophy over the years, finishing second at the Copa America in 2015 and 2016 meaning Messi’s only international trophy is a gold medal from the 2008 Olympics.

And Zico believes that leaves Lionel Messi is trailing Pele and Maradona when it comes to considering who the greatest of all time is.

“Messi is close to Maradona,” Zico told Omnisport.

“That means, in my opinion, he can’t be compared to Pele.

“I still consider Maradona in front of Messi. With Pele, no.

“Pele has all the qualities and characteristic that a football player has to have.

“When God created him [Pele], he put every quality a footballer needs; speed, strength, impulse, technique, kicking ability, heading, dribbling – all of it, everything that a player might have.

“Few people could jump like him for a header. He is 170 centimetres tall.

“His foundations are perfect, [he had] mastery of the ball, [and mastery of] headers.

“He improved in every way. Everything you can imagine from a player, Pele has done it.

“[Messi has] almost everything, but he doesn’t have the World Cup titles that Pele has. This [means] a lot.

“Because, I think Maradona played, like in our period, with a player in his back all the time

“Maradona has done a lot for his clubs, as Messi does, and for the Argentina national team. Maradona was a world champion."

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Top 10, players ever with respect to records and trophies won for both club and country....

Pele
Maradona
Zidane
Ronaldo de Lima
Cristiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Johan Cryuff
Ronaldinho
Beckenbauer
Alfredo di Stefanp

Has Zico scored 91 goals in a calendar year

Win the best player in the word 5 times ?

Golden shoe 5 times

Does he have a private jet

Messi is the best player in whole wide world

If Zico doesn’t like that he should go and drink sniper

So he's basically saying Pele and maradona are better becos they have the WC .....I tot it's something won collectively as a team?.. .all this old men trying so hard to sound relevant....b4 it was Pele that said Messi has only one skill lwkmd...now na this one zico.

messi has always been compared to maradona and pele.....but ronaldo has always been compared to messi

I'm starting to think there's some silent hate going on against this man.

Messi is far better than both jare... Statistics showed that 65% of Pele's goals were actually offside in modern football.. Not confirmed so no need to quote me.

Not a fan of Messi but Messi is greater than Maradona
the coke sniffer.

LoL

obonujoker:
Top 10, players ever with respect to records and trophies won for both club and country....

Pele
Maradona
Zidane
Ronaldo de Lima
Cristiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Johan Cryuff
Ronaldinho
Beckenbauer
Alfredo di Stefanp

Just like your moniker you're a Joker.

You know nothing about football.

Messi gangbangers won't like this but it's the real truth

He is Brazilian so I am not surprised.

Mcquine:


Just like your moniker you're a Joker.

You know nothing about football.

Lemme guess, you are a messi fan...

Messi is hype, just like everything in the world. If he was so wonderful Argentina should have won 2 world cups under him at least. Can he play the way he does if he is to play in 2nd division club

Lucid1:
Messi gangbangers won't like this but it's the real truth

cam u give me one good reason that makes Pele and maradona better than Messi apart from the " they won the WC "bullshit*t

Nonsensical nonsense

It's in the world cup you meet the best .



I agree with xico

chiboy1116:
cam u give me one good reason Pele and maradona are better than Messi apart from the " they won the WC "bullshit*t

How many of their games did you watch? Be sincere, have you watched up to 10 games Pele featured in? I'm talking club level games

jcmaiah:
Messi is hype, just like everything in the world. If he was so wonderful Argentina should have won 2 world cups under him at least. Can he play the way he does if he is to play in 2nd division club

What is hype

DREAMZZZ:
messi has always been compared to maradona and pele.....but ronaldo has always been compared to messi

Fake shit. Must you lie to make your point? Jester

Messi should be compared to Jay Jay Okocha with better shot accuracy.

If u know u aren't a barca fan..... Take cover...... Barkadogs are coming...........

His name is not that list simply because he is the greatest of them all..
Merciless messi

You see why prehistoric world class players can never degrade their worth by compaercomparing themselves with CR7
It's obvious to all who the GOAT is
MESSI THE GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lucid1:



Fake shit. Must you lie to make your point? Jester

oya disapprove what i said dumbass

chiboy1116:
cam u give me one good reason that makes Pele and maradona better than Messi apart from the " they won the WC "bullshit*t

Can you give us one good reason why Messi is better than Pele or Maradona??

obonujoker:
Top 10, players ever with respect to records and trophies won for both club and country....

Pele
Maradona
Zidane
Ronaldo de Lima
Cristiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Johan Cryuff
Ronaldinho
Beckenbauer
Alfredo di Stefanp

Messi is still D best

chiboy1116:
So he's basically saying Pele and maradona are better becos they have the WC .....I tot it's something won collectively as a team?.. .all this old men trying so hard to sound relevant....b4 it was Pele that said Messi has only one skill lwkmd...now na this one zico.

They are all Jealous of Him
He is better than Them