‘Lionel Messi is the BEST PLAYER EVER’ Why Messi definitely eclipses Ronaldo and Maradona | ESPN FC

talk about the goat debate because it has been talked about a lot before this, if Messi wins the World Cup, that will finally settle the matter once and for all and we are talking about all kinds of things here, there is the goat debate Messi, Ronaldo, Messi is coming out. of the Maradona Shadow debate and now Killian and Buffet appear and say hello Second World Cup final and look what I'm doing hello right now I don't know why we have to bring Cristiano Ronaldo into this conversation, are we forced contractually? Be in this direction, but to be honest, a lot of people made this on their lists and said: If Messi does this, then it means that he is fine, great.

I'm happy for those people, they now have their answer so they can move on. with their lives now, are they done with this ridiculous and really, honestly, unnecessary conversation and comparing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi? I am going to highlight Leonel Messi before this final. He would have given you the same answer I'm about to give you. I prefer Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo and that is a personal taste and is not a knock on Cristiano Ronaldo. I appreciate the things he's done in the game and he's been incredibly good for so many years, but I prefer Lionel Messi and I think so.

Things on the pitch that I can relate to and appreciate a lot more than the things Cristiano Ronaldo can do, so that's it for me, it's Lionel Messi as far as it's concerned, which I think is a much more important conversation. to have given. where we are today and who we are talking about and if Argentina won the World Cup it is if Lionel Messi has come out of the shadow, if you think that he was in the shadow of Diego Maradona, it is very difficult for a person like me. in the late 70s, that he grew up with Maradona in

ever

y corner of South American football, that he was in fact the reference point for

ever

yone who played in South America, unless you were from Brazil, you would see Maradona as more than just a person . he was a completely different level and yet today Lionel Messi is undeniable, there is nothing else I can hold onto and say other than my emotional connection with Diego Maradona and what he meant to me as a child and what he meant to us as children. family and watching his games gathering around the television watching his game and suffering and winning and enjoying everything that Maradona was apart from that emotional connection.

I have no other argument, it is Lionel Messi and he has gone to finals and he has lost finals and what I believe is The most notable aspect of Lionel Messi's career with Argentina is that, while there were many moments in which he could have chosen to give the back and saying "I don't need this," he kept coming back because of the pain he was feeling. He kept coming back because of the suffering. He kept coming back because of the criticism. He kept coming back even in this world cup after losing against Saudi Arabia. He kept coming back and so did his team.

I can no longer deny Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi is the

best

player

in the history of the game, yes I'm with Ali here I'll be very quick I'll just echo everything he said and just add a few things I think the moment you use the top trophies World Cup tournaments as sort of the barometer of greatness is diminishing everything that Ali was saying in terms of his career in general and I mean specifically Lionel Messi, even before this final, now he was obviously, there's a little bit of personal bias because I never had the fortune to see Pele's life, you know, I'm a little younger than Alejandro, so obviously I only have vague memories of Diego Maradona from 1986 and Napoli, etc., the hairline doesn't say that you are younger than me, although I knew it.

I knew I knew he was going to go there. This is called hard work Alexander every day a lot of stress. I see, you know what I started this by congratulating you now, now you're coming towards me, come on, hey now, but listen, let me. let me make a new rivalry here in the newspaper don't worry about Messi Ronaldo it's about LA and I win don't worry the only thing I'm going to say to annoy the young people what's concluded here is for me he is He's always been the

best

because In my opinion, apart from the emotional connotations and the obstacles he has had to overcome, he has delivered time and time again in the most impossible way and the fact that he has now won this at the age of 35 is quite.

He transformed a lot as a

player

. because let's remember that he had to suffer during hidden moments, like physically and mentally, he came to PSG and transformed again and then, obviously, through that Copa América champion who now wins the World Cup, for me, no. He doesn't need that to balance who he is, he always has been because he challenges so many things and a lot of other players haven't had Lionel Messi, the best player to ever play. He was just going to say, I think we need to show him the proper respect. to the people, the players who have left in the past because Messi is the best of his generation, without a doubt Maradona was the best regeneration.

Zinedine Zidane was the best of his generation and there is a, I mean, look at Ronaldo, the original Ronaldo, I mean, these guys were incredible players, they were untouchable in their prime and I think it's almost disrespectful in many ways. to say that Messi or Ronaldo or whoever is better than any of them because there is a clip that I saw on Twitter last night, someone prepared a two-minute video. of Diego Maradona being expelled from absolutely every field he played, the treatment he received was brutal, seriously, seriously, brutal treatment that Messi didn't really have to endure because the game changed and from an attacking player it's not that easy to play , but that's how it is.

Play less dangerous Maradona had to play like this every time he played, even against Germany, finalist of the 86 World Cup, they sent him off the field, so I think we should respect the players of the past and say that Messi is the best of his generation. I don't know if he's better than Maradona, I mean you know Maradona for me was in a different league and a different level and I think you know Zidane was an incredible player. Romario was an incredible player and I think we had to give. These guys get credit for booking themselves at their peak, you know, 10 years from now there's going to be someone else who we're talking about as potentially the best there ever was at Bape, but right now the best of your generation.

The last 10 years have been Lionel Messi and Ronaldo has not been far behind, but you know Messi's message when everything now has won the World Cup and I think the World Cups are the difference. World Cups, you know, there are certain players who don't get a mention. the debate about the best player because they did not play in World Cups. You know people like George. The best people who watch Manchester United say he is the best they have ever seen. He never played in a World Cup. You can't measure him at that level because he didn't play in the World Cup George, yeah, yeah, George Wire, you know these players you know.

Zlatan didn't play many World Cups, he played against enemies. I think the World Cups make a difference. World Cups allow players to get that extra edge. You are the pinnacle of the game, you know, and if we talk about Messi and Maradona, they will start the debate by saying that putting medals on the table, a messy Maradona, they both got a World Cup winners medal, now Pelé has three, like this What could I say, well, me. I have three, so there you have it, but they are World Cup winners' medals and each generation has its legend and its star and this and Messi is our generation and you know who comes next, we don't know, but there will be someone, but yeah and Obviously, there's going to be all this talk again and everyone's going to pit one player against another Ali before we wrap up this game, who else stood out today for both sides?

In the meantime, okay, there are plenty of players to highlight, feel free, feel free, look. Think about dealing with my penis and not because I make a save in the penalty shootout. What about the stop he makes on KOLO Moani at the end of overtime? The shot stoppage that keeps Argentina going to penalty kicks where it seemed like it would. It was going to end right then and there that's obvious to me, but let's delve a little deeper into Argentina. I thought McAllister was outstanding not only today but throughout the tournament. I thought Di María was fantastic.

I thought that, uh, you. I have played in Enzo Fernández, who was not a starter for this team and because of some of Argentina's initial struggles he was presented with an opportunity and from the Mexico game he took advantage of that opportunity and said: yes, I am here, count on me. An important part for this group is the effort and work of Rodrigo de Paul who was not always the cleanest with the ball but it was the spirit of this team the importance of a guy like Julián Álvarez who again was not a starter like Lautero was supposed to be.

Martínez, but he has an infinite willingness to move, to press, to attack, to run in behind, to have this level of activity that allows Lionel Messi to have a freedom that he otherwise wouldn't have and those are just a few from Argentina. and I'm concentrating on Argentina because until then with the penalty Argentina had been very superior, everything changed with that and then Mbappé took over and the greats found out that their friends took over and and and then it became a different game and the France's physicality of those greats was too much for Argentina to handle, but up to that point it had been a very dominant performance from Argentina if I'm going to highlight someone in France and I'm going to do more than The highlight is that it's a bad life to get to this game.

One of the players we had talked about is potentially one of the best players in the tournament. He was not a certain Griezmann and he was quite calm and I think he would point the finger at Didier. Champs saying that when it looked like Antoine Griezmann was really getting on the ball and getting more into the rhythm of the game, Sam said no, you're coming off the pitch and then what we expected from him in terms of a role. in this final it wasn't quite there but I think you have to give a lot of credit to Argentina's Midfield and how good they were in that area for the first 75 minutes of the game thank you very much for watching ESPN FC on YouTube For more featured analysis and content exclusive, be sure to subscribe