Maradona was as skills and abilities the best player of all time in my eyes.

Io sono italiana, di Caserta (vicino Napoli)... Per noi Maradona e`un dio, il Dio del Calcio.... Chi ha avuto il privilegio di vederlo giocare sostiene, ancora oggi, che non vi sia stato nessuno, prima o dopo di lui, con la sua classe e il suo genio... Per questo la citta` lo ama ancora cosi` tanto da dare il suo nome allo stadio cittadino, da dedicargli monumenti. Le famglie hanno chiamato i propri figli Diego in suo onore... Non sara` mai dimenticato!!!

It amazes me that after everything you see in these videos and all the comments by his teammates and adversaries that people still think that Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, ronaldinho and so on ARE the GOATs. They're great, but Maradona embodies everything you wish to be on the field. The leadership, the competitive spirit, the generosity, the respect for the game, the hunger, the determination, the child within, the control, dribbling, speed, cunning..... god, the list is endless. The fact is that no one can beat that. No other player can top that.

I am old enough to have watched both Maradona and Messi. Both incredible but Maradona was the GOAT

Without a doubt Deigo Armando Maradona is the greatest player EVER

He touched the point closest to the Olympus of football, the ball did everything his left foot asked him to do, and his head went faster and along paths that no one else could see. Now he is the brightest star in the football firmament.

As an over 50 old dude I have to say that everything Messi showed I´ve already seen from Maradona. BUT not everything what Maradona showed I have ever seen from Messi. Of course football has also changed during the last decades BUT back in the days the defenders were way more brutal and their tacklings were hazardous so I doubt if Messi had survived without a heavy injury which might had ended his career early back in Maradona´s days.

First ever World Cup I saw was 1986. I have never seen anything like it since. Total domination. Rewrote the whole game. Rest in peace G.O.A.T.

Nothing to say than to make it clear that he is the greatest player ever

One thing overlooked in the Maradona Messi comparison is that, in my view one of the differences in Maradona compared to Messi is Maradona has a work Rate and physicality that Messi doesn’t have, even in Messi’s prime sometimes in games you forget he’s there because he’s not running around or doing anything if he doesn’t have the ball, Maradona was defensively light years ahead of Messi, which enabled him to be a midfield playmaker back in the days when the 4-4-2 was more rigid, or as a second striker because of his physical side

What this compilation does very well is to show off Maradona’s incredible dribbling, creativity and immaculate ball control and first touch and it also shows his amazing free-kick ability. Though it doesn’t seem to accurately show how great the other aspects of his playmaking were like accurate through balls, pinpoint balls over the top and his superb vision on a football pitch.

I'm French, arrogant, we got so much great players, PLATINI, ZIDANE, HENRY, ETC.... BUT, SERIOUSLY, EVEN IF I LIKE SO MUCH MESSI, THERE'S NO BETTER AND MOST INCREDIBLE PLAYER THAT DIEGO! THE ROCK STAR MARODANNA! 😂✌️👍🇫🇷🎸

maradona received 150 fouls in 4 world cups, played most of his career with broken feet, by far the Greatest ever.

Maradona and the ball was like one. He was in absolute control of the ball. He dribbled everyone with such gracious. And the passes went straight to his teammate's feet, like saying "here, have the ball, you just gotta shoot and do a goal". He is the personification of football.

Maradona te best of all time !! GOAT

From poverty, dangerous neighborhoods, hunger, Maradona was forged in adversity, that made him grow and be who he was. Maradona's level in the 1986 World Cup is the highest level of a player in history. Pelé scored more goals and won world championships alongside giant stars, in fact he did not play all the games. Messi has broken all records, but nobody reached the level of a god, only Maradona.

Imagine Maradona today, with the protection from referees, smooth pitches, new footballs, better training facilities, advance fitness and nutrition regimes. Actually, I can't imagine. Maradona is levels above Messi, that is fact.

Thanks for the words used to describe DIEGO, and keep in mind all you saw was in fields mostly in bad conditions, opponents that went directly to hurt you, and referee that will only pull a yellow card if you were lucky, with Soccer balls that are NOT the ones used today. Saludos From Argentina

You touched upon it, but the difference between Maradona and Mesi/C Ronaldo, is that Maradona had no protection from the ref. Football was far more physical in the 80's. I admire Messi a great deal, but he wouldn't dominate a match like Maradona could, if defenders were allowed to hack him down. Maradona had a will to succeed and a physicality, that would make him unplayable in the modern game. He would have so much time and freedom on the ball. I love Messi and C Ronaldo, Ronaldo Nazario was a phenomenon, Bergkamp was just poetry in motion, Cruyff and Pele were majestic - but Maradona is the GOAT

I really like your channel. As part Argentine, let me say one thing, besides his ability, it was his Never Say Die attitude. He has won games by himself by never giving up.

"He's the original", you said it. He invented all the football you've seen, the FIFA changed the rules after 1982 World Cup because of the really nasty tackles to Maradona that left Argentina (the champion) away of that World cup. My first time in a stadium was with Maradona in 1992, and as argentinian i can truly say that, sadly, it's impossible to transmit. You can hear the Beatles now, but you'll never understand what THAT meant when they did it. Maradona created the modern football in every single play, he taught all who followed how to play and what could be done with a ball. Obviously those who ran with that advantage (and infinitely better conditions and care) had time to beat him in records and marks. But when we compare here with Messi and people asks about "the goat". I say: "Ask the ball..." (absolute silence).

DIEGO siempre con nosotros 🙏⚽!!! Un verdadero ARGENTINO no olvida MALVINAS 🙏 y nuestra gran pasión EL FÚTBOL vamos ARGENTINA 🇦🇷💙🤍💙

One huge big difference is Maradonna did this as midfielder. He had good workrate and worked back home. Messi is walking around and burst out energy now and then. Maradonna had to run back to defense aswell.

Ive had the privilege of watching Diego play in the final days of his career and even then he was magnificent beyond description. I'm Argentine and I am thankful that I get to now watch Messi amaze the world now too, but to me the greatest in the history of this game is Maradona. it's somehting hard to explain with words, but he did things nobody else could or can do, even Messi. His mere presence changed the outcomes of matches.

Nadie le quitaba la pelota. Diego hacia lo que quería. Genial compilado.

There's a goal maradonna scores against ac Milan with hes head from well outside the area ..quite unique never seen a player score with there head from well outside the area ..also a great team player

At that time the Italian league was the best in the world, in addition to the most defensive and the most permissive by the referees. Maradona played in a mid-table team and came out champion, against everyone... not to mention his ability and talent, It goes without saying that he is without a doubt the best of all time.

el mejor de todos los tiempos lejos

Beyond the otherworldly skills, beyond the mad creativity, beyond the physical heroism, the tenaciousness, and the irrepressible will to win, there was something more: an alpha charisma, an air and sense of utter command. He was a king among men. The best way I’ve ever heard it described was by Jorge Valdano, a superb forward and World Cup Champion with Diego in ‘86: he called Maradona’s presence on a football field NAPOLEONIC.

thanks for immortalizing him, may he rest in peace

Mradona won the Serie A title with Napoli, /.........to give some context, Serie A at the time, WAS the Prem in that it was teh best league, around 5 -6 teams could win it, and each of them had the best players from all over. Maradona took Napoli from a mid table side to winning the thing against the best players in the world. It would be like Neymar joining Brighton on Crystal Palace,and within a couple of seasons they win back to back Premierships, He did the same with Argentina and the world Cup, they were average and he pretty much did the Gerrard Liverpool 05 thing, ut even more so , with the World cup could Messi or Ronaldo or Neymar do that? I dont think so myself, and this is why he is the GOAT for me, but I respect anyone else having a different opinion, and I can see why people today say Messi and Ronaldo ,they are both phenomenal

Es un placer a los ojos ver a Maradona. Lamento no haberlo visto en vivo. Era genialidad pura

Simply the GOAT !!!

Trust me, young man, watchin' clips about D10S can not tell what he really has been for team mates, for other players, and for the foottball in general.

He is indeed the GOAT!

Best player I’d ever seen and I’m 72 , by far ,

Maradona and Ronaldinho, I loved watching them play , you never knew what they were going to do with the ball

It takes two to tango: Diego and the ball.

I'm Argentinian, I love Lio but he is just the right feet of Diego!

El mejor de todos los tiempos el verdadero 10

I think the thing to keep in mind when watching the past greats is that they also had to deal with much harsher tackles and intentional fouls. So when you see what current players are doing, ask yourslef if they would risk doing these moves when theres a real threat of injury.

And he did all these glimpse of genius in higher occasions e.g world cup.

Simply the best player ever.

Without discussie it is supernatural..best player ever..GOAT

I have seen many great soccer players, but there's no denying this man!

He is, was and will be the best of all time. No doubt

People need to realize that the tackle from behind was legal when Maradona played. He got the living shit kicked out of him but he kept coming. He was as hard as nails too. Watch the brawl that took place when he played for Barcelona. Messi and Ronaldo would have wet themselves

En esa época se permitia el empleo de faltas fuertes para detener al rival, por eso Maradona no pudo brillar tanto como Messi, pero igualmente se destacó y fue reconocido como el mejor jugador del siglo por la FIFA en una encuesta mundial a traves de internet y que luego fue modificado por una opinion de expertos periodistas deportivos y ahí tambien ganó como mejor jugador del mundo en su periodo. Saludo desde Argentina 🇦🇷

The three main differences between Maradona and Messia are: 1 Maradona was much more a leader (and captain) on the field then Messi ever was. 2 The football era Maradona was playing in was much harder and brutal then today's era (much less protection from the referees) 3 The general quality of the football pitches back in the '70s and '80s was way worse (uneven, lots of mud or sand, extremely dry grass)

At 52 years i am , this is the best player i ve seen so far , still waiting to see another one like he was

Diego was AMAZING!, thanks for the video!

Most important thing about Maradona is that he became very successful while playing in super average teams, neither Argentina nor Napoli were like Messis Barcelona or Zidanes Real/Juve/France, Ronaldos Manchester/Real and of course they were nothing like Brazil at any given time. Many great players highly profit from having great talent around them but only Maradona could elevate his teammates to a decent level of success. I have never seen anything like it ever again.

The greatest !! An artist that will not be repeated.

Maradona elegance..GOAT

If Maradona played today he would be even better, which by itself, is something impossible to comprehend!

Genio del fútbol mundial...x siempre en nuestras corazones...🇦🇷

The King Maradona

React: Life is life Maradona training.

16:10 there's a fun fact about that game... Maradona was in his first team, Argentinos Juniors, playing against Boca Juniors... before that game, Hugo Gatti (one of Boca's most important goalkeepers in history) was asked about Maradona and he basically called him "gordito" which means "fatty" in Spanish. Well... those words got to Diego before the game, the result was 5-3 and Maradona scored 4 goals. Just a glimpse of his character and talent at such young age.

Diego Maradona -GOAT of football 👍

Remember that when Maradona was playing they did not have all the rules that would protect him. So he was on his own, and had to survive it all. Messi lives in a world where there are lots more rules. This is what footballers say.

Maradona is the GOAT

06:20 thank you, you are the first person I have seen react to an older player and actually acknowledge, not just the crazy rough tackles, but also, the pitch, pitches back then? SUCKED!!, that is another reason I am not convinced Messi would do as well as Maradona if they swapped era's, both would still be great players, but I think Messi would find it harder than Diego would

You should watch the Asif Kapadia documentary: Maradona (2019)

If you love the free kicks, you NEED to check out the free kick MASTER - Ronald Koeman, of the Netherlands, and Barcelona. In a star studded line up, Ronald, a DEFENDER, is your man for anything remotely in shooting range. He got some INCREDIBLE power, bend, and accuracy. The Ajax of the 70's was fascinating too. Ajax were a tiny little provincial town club with like 3 part time employees, when Johann Cryuff came through their youth ranks. They happened to have quite a few REALLY good players at that time, and a revolutionary coach. They brought Total Football to the world, where every player can play in every position. They won the European Cup, the equivalent of the Champions League. Many of their players were also in the Netherlands national team. They lost two World Cup Finals in a row, 1974 then 1978. The 1978 team, Cryuff played a much bigger role. If I recall, the coach of Ajax was also the coach for the Netherlands.

Ever Diego.

Estimado, te cuento un " secreto " : el balón hacía lo que él quería 🤷 🇦🇷 Y otra cosa : calculo que sos británico.. y te reconozco que fueron los que casi no le han pegado a Diego 👋👋👋

The neighbours toilet flush is priceless 08:12

para todos los que tenemos mas de 40 este es el verdadero GOAT!!

I put prime Diego Armando Maradona above anyone I've seen in my lifetime !!! And I'm 50

Maradona Magic

Good reactiins man saludos from Salta Argentina

D10S ES Y SERÁ EL MEJOR JUGADOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS GRACIAS POR SER ARGENTINO

you have to see compilations of the idol of Maradona...Ricardo Bochini...that guy was fantastic...

The goal against England at the 86 world cup was voted the greatest ever world cup goal.

. he is the messi of our time.. for old folks like me

TE QUIEROOO DIEGOOOO!!!!

Thisthe reason why i think Maradona is one of the 3 true legends of football, the other 2 being Pele & Ronaldo. I'm in my late 50s now, & back then, i tried to watch as much football as i can, especially when he was at Barca & Napoli. The only reason why Messi & Cristiano are not in the same league as Pele, Maradona & Ronaldo is bcoz them 2 never won the World Cup. No matter how many goals you scored, there's nothing like scoring in the WC and winning it. Maradona, Pele & Ronaldo literally carried the entire team and the hope of a nation on their shoulders. Maradona, the true legend of football

I never knew this channel existed, nice

The best! GOAT.

Magic Diego ⚽.

I have a mountain of respect to Pele, to Cruyff, to Lionel, to Puskas, but .... Diego Armando ...... If you are born in the 80's, you know there is Superman out there A man like you and me, with strengths and weeknesses Diego could be a friend of mine, caughting up on Mondays and Thursdays The friend I've never had, but somehow I always have

The true goat. What he did in 86 and at Napoli cannot be surpassed. He joined them from Barca when they were nearly relegated the season before and led them to two league championships and a European trophy in an era where they were competing with AC Milan which was the best team on the planet. Napoli only won their third ever title last season, the first since he left. They’d won nothing before he arrived there and it took over 30 years to win their next.

Pictures from another planet ! The Real thing and better 👁👁

The true GOAT. Just look at what he achieved at Napoli.

. plus what he was in his life for people.. much more than a football player.. Maradona represent

He's the greatest footballer that ever lived . With all his personal problems, now Messi has completed his world cup destiny and has secured his space as the second greatest player of all time.

THE BEST! 👑

If you are thinking of any other player better than him, then you are not a true footballer! If anyone understands football then they know deep down that no matter who is their personal favorite, that player can never quite measure upto the standards that MARADONA set in the world of football

Minuto 6:35, hizo lo mismo que Messi a Botaeng por la champions League contra el Bayern

"He is the original isn't he?" YES BRO, HE IS. We argentinians are proud to have the two best players of all time. It's not Messi or Maradona, it's Messi AND Maradona.

Simply God

Diego 💙

Ask ANYONE who has played against him or with him will tell you by far the greatest they have ever seen

not a huge football fan but hes obviously a legend. i always thought pele was better though, and my favourite was always george best, mostly for being a drunk party animal yet dominating the pitch with a hangover or even still pissed

El mejor gol de Maradona y que lo hace diferente a todos por la sensibilidad que tiene al pegarle tres dedos desde 40 metros es mi gol preferido ....No hay mayor diferencia del Diego con Messi Ronaldo Ronaldinho Zidan Van no Basten al que pongan .....Ese gol no lo hizo nadie mas igual cuando en una práctica le tira un pelotazo a uno que esta acostado !le apunta a la cabeza y le da !!! A 30 metros !!! O cuando le pega 5 impactos En los palos seguidos .....Yo los he practicado y es muy difícil! !! Diego era único no habrá otro !!!!

Maradona was (IS) the god of football, no doubt THE GOAT!

The Greatest of all time ❤

I did not see Pele play but the greatest player I have seen play in the last 40 years in order.. diago Maradona, zenidine zidane, renaldo, Messi...

The greatest 🥲