Pelé, another tear in Olympus: Messi is left alone

''

, there is only one.

My dad and mom closed the factory and broke the mold.''

, in the soccer Olympus, maintains his precocity ranking in the World Cups and generates inexhaustible debates about the most talented players in history.

A struggle in which

,

and

also entered , all of them longed for and deceased within a narrow margin of six years.

left in 2014.

, in 2016.

, in 2020. Now, heaven has an illustrious poker of aces.

Di Stéfano shaped his hierarchy in the 1950s. Pelé was a dazzling icon in the 1960s. Cruyff imposed his class in the 1970s. Maradona made an impact in the 1980s. After them Messi emerged as the new monarch, culminating his work in the World Cup. Qatar.

Pelé was a god in Brazil, like Maradona and Di Stéfano in Argentina, and Cruyff in the Netherlands.

Somehow, Messi treasures the compendium of the virtues of all of them.

The change of pace of the leader of the

, the Brazilian's eye for goals, Di Stéfano's panoramic vision and Diego's short dribble.

Three

and two

,

.

Everyone played beautifully and exalted the rest.

There have always been and will be intense disputes over who was better.

Sterile obstinacy, because each one owned his own time.

Fights in which Pelé intervened shamelessly.

He also did not hide that his favorite was Di Stéfano.

"In my time there were great players, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Johan Cruyff,

,

,

, but of the last 15 years, Messi is the prince. I think Di Stéfano was the most complete, more than Maradona and Messi." , he stressed in 2016.

"Di Stéfano didn't stand out at the World Cups, but it doesn't matter. He was so good, he could have been Brazilian.

. It's a shame there aren't enough videos of his performances, then he would be more popular," he added in 2018.

O Rei

'assured that Messi is currently the best, but that he also enjoyed

.

"Messi is incredible. Cristiano is great."

Both would be in a

of retired players that he drew up a few years ago at the request of a journalist.

There were Maradona, Di Stéfano,

Garrincha, Cruyff, Beckenbauer,

,

,

and

.

Pelé maintained a cordial relationship with Di Stéfano, but was tense with Maradona.

Both reflected the historic rivalry between Brazil and Argentina.

"Maradona was great, but he only used his left leg. He didn't head like Pele. Maradona wasn't a gunner,

admirers expressed

.

''Pelé had a great personality.

He left great wisdom, he was a phenomenon, the greatest, but I never saw him in meetings with soccer players, I did see him with a tie in meetings with politicians, businessmen and people from FIFA,'' lamented Maradona.

Di Stéfano, who saw all the geniuses play, affected the hierarchy with the player with whom he had an intense rivalry: Pelé had everything a footballer should have.

He was magnificent.''

Cruyff, with that absence of complexes that distinguished him, also entered the controversy, sparing no praise for the Brazilian.

'I wasn't even

.

He is the best ever, even playing injured or with a stomach ache.'

With that, Pelé was incomparable.

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