by Cocacolajojo1 » Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:37 pm
So though all the threads and most of the posts about the game tonight are about the refs and their partiality and how we get cards and free kicks awarded against us by merely looking at Barcelona players don't weigh in at all when talking about the extent of Messi's qualities? Pelé got fuck all protection from refs as far as I've heard and read, for example. I accept that I might be alone in the opinion that Agüero is beginning to reach the level of Messi and similar star players but I'm in a bit of disbelief because of the disbelief the OP was met with. Well well, it is what it is.
To get a discussion going that people are at least willing to engage in, how do you rate Messi historically? Compared to for example Di Stéfano, Puskas, Pelé, Maradona, Zidane? John68, you're a bit older than Puskas and Di Stéfano, what where they like?
"I used to be 6 foot 2 with curly hair, look what it's done to me"
"In my career so far it's the most important goal. You score the goal in the last minute to win the title. You're not sure if that's ever going to happen in your career again. I wish I could tell you how I did it but I can't. I thought for all the world that Mario was going to have a go himself but he just moved it on one more and it fell at my feet and I just thought: 'Hit the target, hit it as hard as you can and hit the target.' And it went in."
