On October 23, 2020, Pele, the king of the ball, ushered in his 80th birthday, as a fan of the old ball king, the author here first wish him a happy birthday. In the minds of many people, Pele is the undisputed first star in football history, but many people feel that Maradona is on an equal footing with him, and the two cannot be separated.
But if you carefully look through the various lists, no matter what institution evaluates, Pele is basically the first person in the circle. If it is a comprehensive selection of people from all walks of life, Pele is generally the only representative of football, or the top ranking. If you encounter activities such as "The King of the Century" and "Ranking of Stars of the 20th Century", Pele is positioned at the top of the list, and Maradona has no room to rise.
Because many Chinese fans have only watched Maradona's matches, they basically do not know pele (if you want to watch Pele's matches, you can write private messages), and only regard him as an illusory ancient god, and some even think that Maradona is better. So from a global perspective, why is Pele's status so high, and how is Maradona worse than him?
One. Pele's header was well superior to Maradona's
As one of the best ball kings in the history of football, the first thing to consider is naturally the dominance on the pitch, and physical fitness, technical ability and awareness of the overall situation are indispensable. Macroscopically, the two Bema are extremely good in all aspects, Pele has a great physical advantage over the players of the same era, and the old horse is more accomplished in technical refinement, if it is only a general comparison, it is really impossible to distinguish between high and low.
1962 Firley static started after a succession of goals
Maradona's most prominent traits include consecutive dribbling, penetrating longitudinal threat passes and free-kick footwork, all three of which Pele did not hesitate to let go. The old horse has scored five times in a row in England at the World Cup, getting rid of Belgium by four, and Pele has staged a static start in the 1962 World Cup against Mexico to score a 4-5 goal.
Pele pierced inter's chained defence
In the face of the legendary Inter 5-man chain anti-iron barrel array, he can get rid of it in order without hurry, and finally complete the goal with ease.
The old man's main position is the free attacker behind the forward, often delivering scalpel-like fatal passes, such as the 1986 World Cup final, and it was his brilliant assist that helped Bruchaga beat the Federal Republic of Germany. But Pele played a similar role later in his career, when he assisted on the goals of Jaizinho and Carlos Alberto at the 1970 World Cup, also at a master's level.
The old horse's free kick is the object of imitation by many superstars, and it was also a dominant side in the peak serie A, in fact, Pele is also a master in this regard. In his time, he still used hard shoes and leather balls, and it was not easy to rub out large arcs, so Pele often used the instep of his feet to shoot to take the penalty.
Pele's long-range free-kick broke the goal
But even so, he scored direct free kicks at both the 1966 and 1970 World Cups, the first player in World Cup history to do so. Pele also had a masterpiece of long-range arc free-kicks in his career, and it's easy to find similar goal highlights online.
Judging from Pele's strongest point of view, the old horse can not match it, that is, the ability to head the ball. Some may point out that the old horse is less than 1.7 meters tall, and it is unrealistic to expect him to dominate in the air. But we must consider the problem must be combined with the background of the times, a few decades ago the average height of the player is about 10 centimeters shorter than now, even if the height of the mother suffers losses, but compared to today's disadvantage is not so big. Pele, whose header was excellent, was only 1.73 metres tall.
Bailey's super bouncing and holding-out ability is very impressive
The average person with a good header is excellent in core strength, And Pele's physical fitness is beyond that of an ordinary superstar, and even a little bit of Michael Jordan's feeling in the basketball world in the 90s. The old ball king's bouncing explosiveness and lag are very amazing, and the 1970 World Cup to work the Kx' century save was due to him. In the final, it was Pele's Tarzan who pressed the top and helped the Samba Army open the door to victory.
Two. Pele's team honor suppresses the old horse across the board
Nowadays, many people like to compare the old horse with Messi, and the absence of the World Cup has become a major shortcoming of the mei team king, but few people mention his achievements at Barca, far exceeding the level of the old horse in the club. So what kind of existence is Pele, he is doing better than the old horse at the national team level, the club is probably the same level as Mero, and on the whole, it is a level that Maradona cannot match.
First of all, beima and the two do not have the Copa America, of course, the event itself is extremely chaotic, the attitude of each team is also different, many times did not send the strongest lineup to play, or there is a suspicion of dealing with errands, in short, the reference value is not large to ignore first. In this case, the World Cup has become the only important indicator for the comparison of the two.
They have all participated in four World Cups, of which Pele won the championship three times and the old horse championship runner-up 1 each. In detail, Pele has won two championships as an absolute core, and it is not countable to retire after playing a game and a half in 1962; the champions and runners-up of the old horse are all won as absolute leaders, but the absolute height of the honor is still far from Pele.
From the perspective of individual play, the old horse contributed 5 goals and 5 assists in the 1986 World Cup, and the last 3 knockout games were extremely eye-catching, but even this could not surpass Pele. Because in 1958, the 17-year-old Pele became the team's main player from the final round of the group, and in the next three final games, he scored 6 goals, including a hat-trick in the semi-final and a double in the final, as well as a winning goal to beat Wales in the quarter-finals.
Due to his own injury, the performance of the old horse in the 1990 World Cup was relatively average, and only the assist caniggia became a classic. This is a far cry from Pele's 1970 performance, when the king of the ball was enshrined in the Aztec sun, and everything was in silence.
1963 Pele with Milan's Golden Boy Rivera
The gap between the two clubs is very large, although the old horse in Napoli for 7 years, has been shaped into a southern totem, but the two Serie A champions + UEFA Cup honors, in front of Pele still pale. After the debut of the old ball king, with the blessing of famous players such as Zito, Pepe, Coutinho, Mauro Ramos and Gilma, Santos was the strongest team in the world at that time.
Not only are they soft in honor in all domestic competitions, but they are also completely unbeatable among the nascent South American liberators, and the fact that the two consecutive championships are placed there is a hard state. The most commendable is the Intercontinental Cup, Santos showed his royal style in the face of Benfica, the strongest in Europe at that time, and the newly rising Milan, and Pele conquered the owners of all the giants with dazzling performances. If the Brazilian authorities had relaxed at that time, he would have most likely gone to several major European leagues.
Pele and his teammates held aloft the Intercontinental Cup trophy
Before the age of 25, Pele not only scored hundreds of goals, but also almost achieved grand slams for clubs and national teams, and even those young and promising "trophy harvesters" later did not have the efficiency of the old ball king. Throughout his career, Lao Ma has not been able to reach such heights.
Three. Bailey's public image is far better than that of the old horse
Although Pele's era is 20 years earlier than the old horse, the degree of football professionalism is lower, and the binding force on the players is weaker, but in terms of the degree of outlier, Pele is a small witch compared with the old horse. The old ball king was quite disciplined that year, and the good state lasted for 15 years, and there was rarely messy lace news off the court.
1973 Bailey with his first wife in London
Even if there are some noisy sounds, it is nothing more than a woman he occasionally has some contact with, or the investment is cheated out of money, but it is not a big scandal that is harmful to morality. Throughout the 20 years of his career, Pele's image has been relatively positive, and the public has paid attention to his performance on the pitch, and other things have not been discussed much.
Maradona is too energetic in this regard, and when he first went to play at Barca, he showed himself as a "giant baby". The team not only had to serve him, but also took care of his whole family, and the slightest unpleasantness, Maradona in his 20s, could still cry in public.
The 60-year-old Maradona's public image is still bizarre
Later, he went to Napoli, where he was an idol worshipped by thousands of people, and it was a social instability outside the stadium. Not to mention his activities with "Camorra", the perennial use of cocaine this is not running, all kinds of picking quarrels and provoking trouble is the norm, in the 90s he dared to take air guns to hit reporters, it is estimated that he was used to it at that time.
In Naples he could do whatever he wanted, not only without moral constraints, but also with blurred legal boundaries. The scandal exposed in later generations may be just the tip of the iceberg, and how many things there are in this, today's old horse estimates are difficult to say.
In short, such an unruly personal image is difficult to be publicized by mainstream public opinion, and if you want to choose a positive representative in the football world, Pele is obviously the one who is more in line with the standard. Don't say that unruly is creative, if parents understand the situation of the old horse, I am afraid they are not willing to let their children watch him play football.
Of course, the above is only my family's words, but the results of the selection of major institutions are nailed down, limited by the factors of the times, the perception of the Chinese people is often derailed from the world, and it has gradually synchronized in recent years. I admit that Maradona is very great, but Pele is even more unattainable, and finally wish the old ball king a happy birthday and a long life!