Speaking after his former club Santos beat Penarol 2-1 to lift the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday evening, the 70-year-old told the press: "Messi better than Pele? To get there he needs to score more than 1283 goals."
Pele appeared to hit back at former Argentina coach Diego Maradona who recently claimed Neymar was bad-mannered just like the three-time World Cup winner, after the Santos forward said he could be better than Messi by staying in Brazil, rather than moving to Europe where Real Madrid have been linked with him.
Pele added: "Neymar has great talent. I hope Neymar doesn't end up like Messi, who plays so well for his club but does nothing for his country [Argentina]."
Messi scored 31 goals in La Liga, and 12 in the Champions League, including one in the final at Wembley as his side lifted the European Cup last term.




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Pele is assertive and while Dragdinho is aggresive.Pele n Maradona do not hates each adas guts,it is the arch-rivalry that exists between the two.Juz like Khoza(Tooth-Angle) and Kaizer(Family Man)
Can Pele say the same thing to CR7 a real scoring machine.
Messi is great in Spain but why does he struggle at national team. Does he affirms to the talks that maybe he only masters Barca's methods since he grew up within the structures.
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Ghana’s Under-23 team have complained about poor facilities in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of the All Africa Games final qualifying round first leg tie on Saturday, GHANAsoccernet.com has reported..
The Black Meteors arrived on Thursday morning and checked in at the Isno Hotel.
The team had to abandon an evening warm-up exercise because of the poor state of the training pitch.
“It’s like a school park and a dumping site with people also defecating somewhere. We are all shocked ,” an exasperated player told GHANAsoccernet.com
The Meteors will train at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Stadium, venue for the cagey qualifier.
The food served at the hotel for supper was inadequate for the 28-man contingent and some had to eat their rice without chicken.
The winner of the two-legged will qualify for the Games in Maputo, Mozambique in September this year.
Messi is the greatest!
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NFF Brokers Eagles Coach, Striker’s Meeting In America
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The lingering face-off between Super Eagles head coach Samson Siasia and West Brom striker Osaze Odemwingie is expected to be settled soon as the both men are set to meet to resolve in the USA.Odemwingie has been left out of the Super Eagles’ last two games following a spat with Siasia in the aftermath of the Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia in Abuja in March. The striker left the camp without the coach’s permission and then further angered Siasia with a comment on the social networking site Twitter that the gaffer considered insulting.
Siasia has since insisted that Odemwingie has to apologise to his Super Eagles colleagues and the coaches for him to get back in the national team.
But a highly placed source in the Nigeria Football Federation has exclusively told Complete Sports that the two men have scheduled to meet in the USA to resolve the matter as the country cannot afford to have a divided house.
"The NFF has been able to arrange a truce between Siasia and Osaze in USA,” the NFF official told Complete Sports. “It is expected that Osaze would apologise to Siasia and both of them would work harmoniously for the good of the country. Siasia and Osaze are both holidaying in the USA and we have been able to talk them into meeting for a truce.
"Siasia is the boss and he cannot afford to have a players’ mutiny in the team and the earlier we settle the matter the better. I’m happy they have agreed to talk and that is good for us."
Complete Sports gatherd that Siasia was commended by the NFF for putting his foot down against indiscipline but added that the federation decided to wade in because Osaze is needed in the team and the country cannot afford to lose his contribution.
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