The Brazilian legend raised more controversy with his latest remarks, as he voiced his opinion that the Canarinha’s 1970 team was better than Spain’s Euro 2012 side.
Spain managed to defend their European title with an emphatic 4-0 win over ten man http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 and
Juan Mata.
La Roja’s victory in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 allowed them to imprint their names in history pages as they became the first team to win three major international competitions in succession.
Brazilian legend, Pele, took out time to reflect on the historic achievements of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque, praising them for their beautiful brand of football.
Continuing on the topic, Pele compared the current La Roja squad with the 1970 Brazilian team that lifted the World Cup, the over 1000 goal scoring attacker opined his team were better.
Explaining his point of view, the former Santos player revealed that every generation has their heroes but when taking a look at things from a broader perspective, Brazil’s 1970 World Cup winning team would edge their rivals.
"Each generation has its preferences but without doubt, if we are comparing, the 1970 generation was better," the 71-year-old said while in conversation with media representatives.
"The 1970 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, which has two or three excellent players," he added.
The Brazilian legend who coined the phrase ‘a beautiful game’ also took out time to clarify his remarks comparing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and Neymar.
Pele reiterated on his remarks and explained that Neymar needs time to develop his footballing skills and only then can he be tagged as the new Messi or the new Maradona. He added that the time for comparisons will come and one can only hope right now about
the potential of the current http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 star.
"http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 has everything to be the new Messi, the new Maradona," the retired prolific attacker claimed.
"Imagine if Neymar had the experience of Messi, who would be better?" http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pele-c40189 questioned.
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