Pele: "Neymar is better than Messi" – La Liga News
Footballing legend, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 to be better than Lionel Messi. The former Santos and Cosmos player was talking in a news conference ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Pele also predicted that if http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 and Santos meet each other in the final of the club competition, it will be the latter posing trouble on the pitch rather than the Catalan giants.
The two clubs with seemingly different footballing philosophies are touted to match-up in the final of the competition this year.
Pele said that barring any disasters, the two clubs have the potential to go until the end of the tournament. He added that Barcelona will find it difficult to get the better of Santos, who are a top team after securing long term services of their star players.
"I'm sure that if the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c40446 go to the finals and a game isplayed, it will be harder for Barcelona than for the Santos," Pele said at a news conference.
The legendary footballer also pointed out the difference between the two clubs. He reflected that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 have advantage over the South American team as their players have been with each other for a long time.
Santos on the other hand have been plagued by injuries to players such as Ganso and Arouca.
"The only thing in which Barcelona is better than the Santos is that they have played four years with the same team, while Brazilian club have not been able to play regularly in the same team due to injuries to midfielders like Ganso and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arouca-c6658.”
Pele also found out time to praise Neymar, whom he considers the best player in the world, even better than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, who has won the Ballon d’Or gong for the past two years.
He said that Neymar is better individually and possess the ability to use both his feet and is influential in team effort.
"When compared individually, Neymar is better than Messi. He can shoot with his left foot with his right foot, he is an excellent player. He has ease of exit from both flanks, individually for me he is the best," Pele said.
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