100%. Younger generation doesn't realize how much more physical football was back then. Some regular fouls then are red cards now, players are way more protected.

That would never happen, bcz he was a drugs addict😂

I couldn't imagine how much he would've cost in today transfer market 🤑

no 😂

@@G676aqiu-78 coping? Messi clears this guy, longer prime, higher peak, better goal scorer, dribbler, and their arguably tied in terms of playmaking and passing. Sorry pal but Messi through the eye test and statistically is better than maradona

​@@logancoleman4507coincido, porque le duro mucho mas el prime a messi

Bu adamı messi ile karşılaştırmak büyük bir akıl tutulmasıdır. Adamın rakipleri çok yavaş. Cr7 de maradonadan çok daha iyi.

Even his last name sounds mythical. It's like he is football itself personified. He transcends his own team and nation. These new kids counting just statistics have no idea.

​@@AFreaks comparing Vinicius to him is an insult for Maradona. Vini doesnt have to handle those tackles and brutality which Maradona had. By the way he was midfielder, so comparing stats from a midfielder to a striker doesnt make sense

@@AFreaks u dont seem to be the brightest bulp huhu? Maradona was only striker in his younger years, in Napoli he was midfielder. Why do u think all the footballer choose him in midfield when picking their Dreamteam? And a winger is not a striker? Wingers Job is to score and assist so they r attacker which dont defend much. Dont sniff too much White powder, not only ur football knowledge is Bad u also come up with random bs

@@AFreaks yeah taking ur knowledge from a Team sheet, suits u. Maradona was playing behind the striker, He mostly dropped deep to get the Ball so he played in midfield most of the match. He often switched with Valdano and Burruchaga to avoid manmarking. From which position did He score the goal of the century, genius? He started his run in own half

@@AFreaks and still it means he means he is a midfielder, doesnt how else Switches thats the point😂 No problem is u r dumb

Messi > maradonna

@@sameersheriff7078 messi is a child compared to Maradona...

@@tonymaner5510 child who still plays until he's 38 compared to grandpa maradonna who barely kicked the ball in his 30's

@@sameersheriff7078 don't be disingenous man...Diego had a harder life than the kid from rosario...Infamous personal problems hit him hard and his career went into decline very soon...The spoiled kid instead has always chosen comfortable situations and referees are using to protect him a lot...Then Maradone was very opinionated by criticizing heavily the corrupt ones who run football institutions even ordinary politicians...He made a lot of enemies...Look what happened at USa 94...They wanted him to sell tickets across the country, other than giving publicity to a tournament hosted by a country not exactly interested in football.. As soon as he was exploited, he got knocked out mercilessly...Messi is voiceless...Too comfortable this way...Maradone fought battles even for him in the end

@@tonymaner5510 Maradonna isnt any hero as your making it out to be !!!! Yeah he overcame many hurdles so does every other footballers from a less privileged background !!! Fifa let maradonna play despite several scandals including getting caught for doping and the supposed tranquillizing brazil team while loosing and having ties with underworld during the time in napoli and so on ...!!! Maradonna ruined his career due to his offield antics and hedonic lifestyle else might've been irrefutable goat just like so many other south Americans like ronaldinho,neymar,adriano and so on !!! Messi is a complete footballer who doesn't do fancy skills due to his physique as him having shorter legs makes it harder to make skill moves using footwork unlike maradonna but he does so many more like providing key assists and dictating the play dropping deep in his 30's making him a versatile player winning 8 ballon dors as well !!! Players like r9,ronladinho,maradonna and even neymar was a better footballers but their career got ruined either due to injuries or by their fancy lifestyle which is why I value players who were consistent throughout their career like Pele,Messi , CR7 ,zidane ,cruff a lot more than those !!!!

The only problem Maradona has was his behaviour. If he only had the mentality of Cristiano or Messi, would have won 4 world cups for sure. But even Gods aren't perfect.

@@G676aqiu-78 His mentality is to win, to be with his family and be loyal to his wife and friends. He plays to win, he always wants to play the entire game and if he can't, it brokes him down, you've seen it, he's already the best in history but he cried for his injurie and being forced to leave the game. He's one of a kind, he plays a game, not a sport.

Dont forget he assisted from bicycle kicks!! I have never seen anyone doing this, also started a match with a goal from halfline

Exactly!😉​@@felipe9283

it is not fair to compare someone who was not fully human with the rest of the rests.... by now you should understand messi is loved by argentina yes because this is the timeline... this is where threy are... but they all WORSHIP diego armando maradona... they have kids 8 year old singing about diego armando maradona's mother.... in muchachos... just think about this for a second...what footballr or any athlete had his mother mentioned in a song?? only one... and his mother name was mary....... i dont need to tell you about the father name...

There is also a video on youtube where Maradona hit consecutive 5 times the goal post and after score with nutmeg from far Also in a book there is a story from his coach when he was very young like 12years old He was dribbling all players all the time in that match, and after shoot the ball on a tree He did this many times in that match on propose, after he explane to the coach that he want put down a bird nest with the ball😂 Just unreal player

Insane power in those quads

Maradona had a very significant upper body strength ,he wasnt built like an ox like r9 or pele or jairzinho was!!

It’s why the fed Messi growth hirmone his entire childhood til 21 yrs old he had Diego’s gift but not his strength

Luther Mathues who marked Maradona on 86 final world cup said when he played vs Maradona and was touch with him he felt he is peice of iron run on field 🎉🎉🎉

​@@audie-cashstack-uk4881true

what do you mean "real"? every child out there knows who diego armando maradona is... he was not of this world divine... he has cities worships him... songs talking about his MOTHER and FATHER... not him but his MOTHER.. only jesus had such songs...

@@michelleper5065 “real” means those who have full knowledge and command of football history. I was born in Naples and I watched him playing at San Paolo Stadium (now Maradona stadium) and I’m a Maradona super fan and expert. On the contrary, many millennials nowadays know that 5here was a certain Maradona, that is was phenomenal but Messi..well, Messi is the GOAT for them. That was not the point of my comment though.

@@derekwillstard3613 nope... they too know no one touch diego armando maradona..... no one comes even remotely close .... you let me know what other athletes mother is mentioned in a song.... diego armando maradona is saint by the end of 21 century

and he will also be a saint by the end of the 21 century...

@@CDFiOS there are old people have watch all maradona games and Say Messi is better. So it's not crazy to Say that

Messi without doubt is easily in the top 5 greatest players of all time. But Messi has played in an era of all year round bowling pitches, pre match and post match dietary preparation/recovery, scientific supplements and FIFA and UEFA protection of creative players (two footed challenges and tackling from behind being banned). This is now shown with current players breaking international caps and international goals for their countries. Never in the history of football has there been so many international record holders in any given decade than that of the last ten years. Record international appearances... Cristiano Ronaldo... 212 caps Lionel Messi... 186 caps Sergio Ramos... 180 caps Gianluca Buffon... 176 caps Diego Godin... 161 caps. Robert Lewandoski... 152 caps Wesley Sneidjer... 134 caps. Of the top ten international goalscorers of all time, five players are still currently active. Cristiano Ronaldo... 130 goals Lionel Messi... 109 goals Romelu Lukaku... 85 goals Robert Lewandoski... 83 goals Neymar... 79 goals. Imagine Pele and Maradona playing in this era instead of the era where Pele was crippled by Portuguese players during the 1966 World Cup and Maradona being hacked from behind by the butcher of Bilboa.

@@noblemann4898 i can talk of the past too. Not organized defense, not fast,not strong, not really Athletic, a lot space , they rush to defend. There are things to take advantage in the past.

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@@noblemann4898 are you serious? the defeneders during that era were horrible the GKs too obviously from the video. if Messi played in those days he would rip them apart 1000x times more.

messi better

I would add that he was never training, always “party”, and at that time muscular preparation and medical/training knowledge was a lot less Takles today are also more easy compared to that time But we have to say that now football is faster and there is a general better organization on the pitch Maradona was like a mix of ronaldinho and messi, with a huge personality as well Incredible player

@@raulcosta69 facts!

@@logancoleman4507 Solo en tus sueños.

LastOfGames, te felicito por su comentario es muy preciso. Maradona siempre, siempre encontraba una manera de perforar la defensa contraria, es decir, era creativo y valiente, es lo que marca la diferencia con otros talentos.

😂😂😂😂

​@@romeno513no one wtf u said 😂 , messi maybe not as expert as marqdona in dribling, but overall messi above maradona, r7 also above him altought r7 did dribling not as good as maradona, maradona is like top 4 player of all time, you just an old man that too many nostalgia moment, mohamedharak 😂

1.Messi 2.Pele 3.CR7 4.Maradona 5.Zidane

​@@sleepasmr8261r9 is better than messi forget about goat😂

@@SuzaanAdhikari better at his peak, if we compare all stats and overall, cristiano and messi above him, not even close. But for prime, ronaldo 9 has the GOAT prime , you can't compating this with your unfair statement, like you compare ferguson to ance and pep, these manager have different ability and things to main role their tactical teams

Pele was good but Diego was if God turned himself into a footballer

​​@@johnrockyryanUnless you're someone that watched both (properly, not just highlights), you can't really compare them. It's like Messi fans trying to compare him to them nowadays having only watched Messi. You have to have actually PROPERLY watched both (or all three if you wanna chuck Messi in too) to judge all three.

@@johnrockyryan pelé real goat

Messi > pele & maradonna

no

best athlete correct... of any sport not only football.

He he can be

@@user-xe7gd2id7b saint by the end of 21 century

Ronaldinho better

@@jonlima9897no R9 Fenomeno is better 😊

@@ronaldofenomeno659 nop... Ronaldinho top notch

pelé

Maradona is a complete football machine. All round maestro.

except Messi who is better in every way

Not convinced any Maradona fan has a right to complain about what's 'fair' tbf. 😂😂 Genius though he was, let's be real here.

@@megazard5249 what you talking about? I have simply said those goals were good

Dont get carried away in nostalgia !!! Messi still exists so its not the case

@@sameersheriff7078 Hope you to feel the pain that the younger generation chanting Mr. next great is better than Messi. I will laugh out.

@@honeyfarmer0 No one even comes close to messi at least in our lifetime !!! younger generations are weaker in terms of having a drive or motivation and prefers earning fat paychecks and calls it a day rather than fulfilling their full potential and becoming legends

@@honeyfarmer0no player has produced the numbers Messi did (only one close was CR7) EVER, ESPECIALLY with how long Messi produced these numbers. it’s not like mbappe or haaland can match these numbers, messi was putting up GOAT numbers at a younger age than mbappe is now. it’s not the same, there won’t be a player anywhere as good as messi for probably numerous decades

Don't be ridiculous. Messi did the exact same if not more for 2x longer than Maradona.

Some says he was best there and never same post injury Barca. But see the Napoli...dont think a single player in history can do that

After watching him every week, I'd say his prime was with Napoli.

86-89 was his Prime

it's not that hard if you have enough ball knowledge. Messi is in top.

@@harmez7 From 2010 to 2020, Messi is No.1 player.

yeah messi is better

impossible

And some koke before evwry game 😅😅😅

100%. Messi is Lebron. Maradona is Jordan

Messi barca> maradona > messi argentina

@@othmaneryuga Ronaldinho in his prime was way better than Lio, a lot more complete

@@ceciliaolivieri5395 Ronaldinho not better than r9

If Maradona didn't need a team then why didn't he win more for Argentina? Why did he flop at three Copa America's? Why also did he have to rely on his teammates scoring 3 in the 86 World Cup final? Why after 86 did Maradona not perform close to that level again? He only scored 8 goals for Argentina after 86 until his retirement in 94. Meanwhile, Messi at 34-35 scored 18 just in one year for his country. Maradona was a phenomenal player, who in terms of ability was right up there with Messi. However, the myths that have been created for him are ridiculous. The fact is he failed many, many times, while his longevity, consistency and ability as a goalscorer were nowhere near the level of Messi.

Era de una pureza extrema. Como no tenía una velocidad tipo Cruyff o Pelé necesitaba apurar hasta el máximo para no dar opción a que el defensa le siguiera. Y además era tan fuerte que aguantaba cada patada para seguir, algo que Neymar u otros con una gambeta similar nunca pudieron lograr.

Messi is not anywhere near Maradona.

@@syamkrishnan7243 Trophy cabinet and G+A per game speak volumes.

@@syamkrishnan7243 Messi is better, also did it in an era with better all around football players.

​@@syamkrishnan7243what are you saying 😅

​@@reice01 the best Argentinian player is Maradona this montage is not shownhis true performance , his ball control is like no other , your only argument is messi achieved more in his carrier thats all

Neither Messi nor R9 is on the level of the other 2. Pele and Maradona could do literally anything on a football pitch.

20 years lost my friend

You clearly haven’t learned anything in that 20 years

Hahaha. Most useless waste of 20 years if that's what you've learned.

Get a new Job because u r just clueless. Otherwise u would have known that the rules, conditions and resistance were much harder in his era. Todays football is pampered, thats why its all robotic. Just pass and run, no creativity needed anymore

Musiala😂😂😂😂