Diego Maradona has said Santos striker and Real Madrid target Neymar is rude just like Pele after his recent comments regarding Barcelona's Lionel Messi.
"Neymar is bad mannered, like Pele," the Al Wasl coach told TVE. "Messi is an exceptional player and I doubt anyone can separate him [from being the best]."
Neymar claimed he could become better than Messi by playing at Santos (Pele's former club), suggesting there is no need to leave Brazil to be the best, despite being linked with Barca's bitter rivals.
And Maradona made the comments on the eve of the 25th anniversary of his hand of God goal against England in the 1986 World Cup. Source
WEMBLEY, England (AP)—The debate is over now. Barcelona is on the list of soccer’s all-time greatest teams. Led by another dominant performance from Lionel Messi, the Catalan club beat Manchester United 3-1 on Saturday to earn its third Champions League title in six seasons and No. 4 overall. “I feel privileged,” Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said. “The way we have won is what I am most proud of. We want to play football. “Lionel is the best player I have seen and probably the best I will ever see.”
LONDON - At the age of 23, Barcelona's Lionel Messi has already come to define an era of European football in a way only a handful of players have managed since the days of Alfredo di Stefano.
Right now, as he prepares for Saturday's Champions League final against Manchester United, Messi is undisputedly the world's best, though he may have to win a World Cup to secure a place alongside all-time greats Pele and Diego Maradona.
In the Champions League, his 11 goals in 12 matches make him the top scorer this season and the most recent of them, a virtuoso run and shot in the semi-final first leg against Real Madrid, took the breath away for sheer technique and timing.
Barcelona’s defender Pique crashed Messi’s car after the party following the Primera Division league win. Pique backed up with his car untill he hit Messi’s, and then he stormed off from “the scene of the crime”
