When FIFA declared Pelé and Diego Maradona jointly the players of the 20th century, and effectively the best of all time, they side-stepped but did not resolve a heated debate that has grown more complicated as Lionel Messi has dominated the 21st century. Just who is the greatest?
Pelé, who died on Thursday, and the two Argentines all won the sport’s greatest prize –the World Cup – and were undoubtedly the kings of their eras.
AFP Sport looks at who is the best between the magical Brazilian, the controversial Maradona, who passed away in November 2020 at the age of 60, and a second Argentine, the twinkling Messi who is still playing:
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