The Brazilian legend Pele who won his first FIFA World Cup with the Brazilian national team at the age of 17 has come out and stated that England’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 and Argentina’s Lionel Messi are not great players at the moment because
they haven’t performed up to their expected abilities at the international level, in competitions against other national team sides for their respective teams. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pele-c40189 has been known to have strong views on the subject of who is the best player in the world previously
and his critique on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 in the past.
Pele spoke to the press recently stated that a great player for him is determined due to his performances at the FIFA World Cup. Pele himself rose to prominence due to his extraordinary performances for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 in World Cup competitions.
He said that watching Lionel Messi play for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 he is unable to reproduce those performances at the international level.
He went onto state that comparing the little Argentine to Zidane shows that the Frenchman won the World Cup and was at the top of international football for over 15 years, which makes him a more complete player than Messi. The
Brazilian legend also added, "Before Zidane there was Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453 Platini and Bobby Moore. Great players who won World Cups or, in Cruyff and Platini's case, starred in them."
When asked about Rooney and his stature as a world class player he added that he was a big fan of the Englishman and the Manchester United striker always fights for the team despite the fact that he lacks a little bit of technical
ability. He further elaborated, "He's a good player. But you can't really compare him to me. I scored a lot of goals. I don't know if Rooney has. His aggression is a big part of his game — you cannot take that away from him. In my time we didn't have many
yellow cards and red cards. Now, the players are very well protected.”
Rooney missed out on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 at the Wembley stadium as England secured their first win over the Iberian giants in over 10 years courtesy of Frank Lampard’s header.
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