Who is the greatest footballer ever? The most common answer is Messi, Pele and Maradona. But it is almost impossible to judge players from different eras. You can differentiate them by skillsets. With all due respect to Messi, and Pele they never scored all these type of goals.
Statistics don’t fully explain the greatness of Maradona compared to Messi and Pele. But what he did with the ball, no one else was cable of doing it before or since. This is such a goal but really don’t understand why this is so underrated!
23/8/83: Barcelona vs N. Forest. Cancha INUNDADA. Desde el minuto 1 Diego supo que la pelota debia tocar el piso lo menos posible. Bajo esta premisa el 10 brindo la que, para mi, es la mayor exhibicion sobre ese terreno. LE ENCANTABA. Recuerdas este partido?
@lobo_carrasco
There are thousands of great chip/lob goals. But this Maradona goal against Red Star Belgrade should be right at the top in its own right. Running at full pelt then pausing... perfectly chipping keeper from 25 yards.
Pele scored more goals. Messi has won more trophies. But if you’ve seen Diego Maradona with a ball at his feet, you’ll understand why he was the greatest ever!
At the peak of his game, Maradona was unstoppable. He could go past one, two, or three defenders at ease thanks to his repertoire of deception, his ability to use dramatic changes in speed, surprising spins, and the ball as bait. This is such a goal!
In May 1980 Menotti was asked to describe what it meant to him to see Maradona in full cry on the field. ‘It is like being a classical music fanatic alone in a private room with a symphony orchestra performing Beethoven just for you,’ he replied. This is such a play.
I don’t think there is any other elite player in football history that can dribble and create such a pin point assist for his team-mate by scanning the scenario of the pitch.
There is no footballer in history who can hit and score a goal like this. Though Roberto Carlos came very close against Tenerife, his goal was not as good as this.
Many say Messi is a better free-kick taker than Maradona. But they miss the point that Messi became great at free-kick after much practice and with the help of Maradona, while Maradona was a freak at free-kick from the very beginning of his career. That’s the difference.
Most people remember Maradona’s lob from the midfield that hit the post against Uruguay in the 1989 Copa America. But how many remember this one when he robbed the ball from the defender with his weaker right foot and clipped the ball immaculately, only to be saved by the keeper?
Maradona is the greatest ever because his individual genius was always placed at the service of the collective. He had a profound knowledge of what was required of him. He didn’t get carried away with the idea of trying to do it all on his own.
Maradona was a genetic miracle. His neuromuscular coordination had a cosmic power. Almost unthinkable ability control his body in time and space, defying gravity. He could take two steps in a row with the same foot and the ball at maximum speed. See the miracle at 0.06.
Playing against Maradona is like playing against time because you know sooner or later he's either going to score or he'll score. For football lovers, Maradona was everything. He was the Picasso of football. He was the only one that went over the game systems, the only exception!
If anyone asks me what is football. I would politely tell him this goal because it encapsulates everything: grace, power, strength, skill, imagination, and determination.
No player in the history of the game can execute pinpoint assists both with the feet and head like Maradona. That is one of the reasons he is better than the likes of Messi, Pele, and Cruyff.
People say that Maradona was poor in the 1990 World Cup. But they forgot that two of the three most magical moments of that tournament came from his dancing left foot. The other magical moment was Roberto Baggio’s great slalom against Czechoslovakia.
It's a matter of choice, opinion and understanding. Most will say his impossible free-kick goal against Juventus is the best ever at Napoli. But for me, this is the best goal Diego has ever scored for Napoli.
@daniarcucci
@IneditoMaradona
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Many believe that no player in history has the capacity to control the ball and score like this goal. Pele never had such ball control though Messi came closest when he scored against Nigeria in the 2018 World Cup. What do you think?
Best dribblers know when to release and pass the ball to a team-mate — they draw players to them by dribbling, and then release it to a team-mate in space. This dribble and assist by Maradona is perhaps the greatest example of it at the very highest level.
Maradona had more innate ability than Messi, Pele or anyone player in football history. His ball manipulation unsurpassed, so clean. No-one could control a ball like him.
The dribbling technique of Garrincha doesn’t exist in today’s game, not because the skills have been lost, but because no side would ever give him the three or four yards of acceleration room he needed before his feints became effective.
Imagination is more important than efficiency because you can reduce one’s effectiveness with tactics but never know what is going to be one’s next move.
We all know that Maradona trained without lacing his boots but during the game he always tied that up. But the great Laudrup says that he saw Maradona play without lacing his boots. And even with that Diego was playing his normal game!
Diego's supporting casts were pretty ordinary. Look at this wonder pass from him. If it was Suarez, Neymar or even Pedro they probably would have put the ball into the net.
If Maradona was alive he would be 63 today. It's terribly sad that he is no more with us. But what could be more surprising if a Marodonian gets this book as a present on the biggest icon of football's birthday! Thank you so much
@tandfsport
I think what makes him special is that all of these wonderful pieces of skill were never to show off but to find a way no one else could’ve perceived. He was a soccer Google before the internet existed.
In May 1980 Menotti was asked to describe what it meant to him to see Maradona in full cry on the field. ‘It is like being a classical music fanatic alone in a private room with a symphony orchestra performing Beethoven just for you,’ he replied. This is such a play.
This is one of the many unknown plays of Maradona proves that the best of Maradona was at Argentinos Juniors in terms of pure footballing ability. Even better than 86 World Cup!