Lionel Messi is believed to be the best player on the planet right now but one legend is pretty critical of him. Pele feels that the Argentine’s skill is limited.
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The 78-year-old, who has scored 77 goals for Brazil in 92 games, feels Messi cannot use his weaker foot, cannot head the ball and only has one trick to his game.
“How can you make a comparison between a guy who heads the ball well, shoots with the left, shoots with the right and another who only shoots with one leg, only has one skill and doesn’t head the ball well?” he asked while speaking to Folha de Sao Paulo.
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“How can you compare? To compare with Pele, it has to be someone who shoots well with the left, shoots well with the right, and scores headers,” he added.
He has been critical of Messi earlier as well. But the funny thing is that he has also praised him earlier and in 2015 said he was the best player in the last 10 years.
Come what may, this won’t change popular opinion about Messi. Whether or not this is constructive criticism from Pele is not clear so let’s just see how things go from year. At 31, Messi has a few years left. If he can sign off with a bang like the FIFA World Cup, Pele might just see him in a new light. Who knows? Only time will tell.