{"id":1223,"date":"2011-06-27T11:16:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T09:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:19:51","slug":"to-me-pele-is-the-best-says-pele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/to-me-pele-is-the-best-says-pele\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;To me, Pele is the best,&#8217; says Pele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maradonna <\/strong>said it best &#8211; <strong>Pele<\/strong> is a dinosaur. Regardless\u00ad who is the best, and I still think <strong>Messi<\/strong> has what it\u00ad takes to eclipse <strong>Pele<\/strong>, he should have a little more\u00ad respect for a player than to be lambasting him in\u00ad public. And what is this addressing himself in the\u00ad third person all about. Stop taking the blue tablets\u00ad <strong>Pele<\/strong>, its messing with your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a look at what he said about our beloved <strong>Messi<\/strong> below and make up your own mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Messi<\/strong> better than <strong>Pele<\/strong>? To get there he needs to score more than 1283 goals,&#8221; said the 70-year old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Neymar<\/strong> has great talent. I hope <strong>Neymar<\/strong> doesn\u2019t end up like <strong>Messi<\/strong>, who plays so well for his club but does nothing for his country,\u201d said <strong>Pele<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Nobody did what <strong>Pele<\/strong> did. Being champion of the world at 17 years old, won three World Cups, scored more than 1,208 goals &#8211; only him! Then until now, nobody did this&#8230; to me, Pele is the best,&#8221; he said (Pele).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maradonna said it best &#8211; Pele is a dinosaur. Regardless\u00ad who is the best, and I still think Messi has what it\u00ad takes to eclipse Pele, he should have a little more\u00ad respect for a player than to be lambasting him in\u00ad public. 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