Pele: Drug-Cheat Maradona Should Have Medals Stripped

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Pele: Drug-Cheat Maradona Should Have Medals Stripped

Brazilian great Pele has hit out at his archenemy Diego Maradona in a controversial interview, saying that the Argentine legend was not a complete player, and stating that he should have his medals stripped for drug offences.

A favourite debate among football fans has always been who was greater out of Pele and Maradona.

This topic has had extra spice due to the fact that the pair do not get on, and indeed have been at loggerheads for many years.

Both have attacked each other in the press in the past, with Pele often criticising Maradona on moral grounds, while the Argentine has hit out at the Brazilian for being part of FIFA’s “political” family.

Pele has now surely begun another war of words between the two.

"Maradona was an excellent player,” ‘The King’ told Brazilian newspaper ‘O Estado de Sao Paulo’.

“However he could not dribble with his right foot, he couldn’t head the ball. He was not a complete player.

“I liked very much his compatriot Alfredo Di Stefano. He was better than Maradona. He was more complete, he was faster, and he scored more goals.”

Pele once again hit out at Maradona’s drug abuse, and controversially stated that he should have all the medals he won stripped away from him.

"Why did so many Olympic athletes lose their medals when they were found guilty of doping, but not Maradona?” Pele controversially asked.

Maradona had a well-known addiction to cocaine, however he never took performance-enhancing drugs.

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I don't care if he has a point or not he is the most despicable person to ever grace the game and someone should tell him to shut the f**k up.
 

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Plechazunga said:
Maradona's the greatest player ever

Although Anderson has the potential to be as good, according to the Chief
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Agreed.

He may be a cnut of the field or done bad things but on the filed there is no one better arguably.
 

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He supposedly is very defensive of his 'official position' as the best player in the world. Most Brazilians think Garrincha was better. Most people outside of Brazil arguably think Maradona was better. Given his career mainly consisted of state championship games with poor quality opposition, and friendly tours against non-competitive European sides, and world cup performances alongside the best players in the world; as opposed to Maradona who worked miracles at Napoli to win the league, and nigh single handedly won a world cup for his nation, I don't think personally Pele has much footing in this arguement. Probably why he keeps having to bring up the drugs issue time and time again
 

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Maradona should be stripped of his medals. Anyone who takes drugs are a disgrace.
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So we should ignore his football ability and achievements because of habit? Idiot. I don't condone drugs or anything, but Maradona is the known by many as the greatest footballer of all time, he's far before my time to comment on that, but i'm sure they are right. He deserves his accolades.
 

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Plechazunga said:
Maradona's the greatest player ever

Although Anderson has the potential to be as good, according to the Chief
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Maradona Hands Down.

I'll be happy if Anderson can turn out to be anything like a rivaldo,seedrof or a davids.
 

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He is right though. Anybody who takes drugs should be stripped of all his titles. Maradona will still be regarded as the best ever whether he has the medals or not.
 

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Well last I checked snorting cocaine doesn't impove one's reaction, agility, and endurance. Akin to Babe Ruth being drunk during many of his games, you must actually applaud Maradona for being able to play at a high standard (pun intended).
 

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Well last I checked snorting cocaine doesn't impove one's reaction, agility, and endurance. Akin to Babe Ruth being drunk during many of his games, you must actually applaud Maradona for being able to play at a high standard (pun intended).
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:lol:

Actually yes,these are different kind of drugs.Not the performance enhancing drugs.
 

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He is right though. Anybody who takes drugs should be stripped of all his titles. Maradona will still be regarded as the best ever whether he has the medals or not.
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At the end of the day he's entertained billions and worshipped by millions and that's what counts,what good would it do to the world of football to strip him of his medals except humiliate him.
 

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Maradona was the best (or one of the best) foortballers ever despite taking drugs, not because he took them.

Pele should stick to selling viagra.

Scolari had a good quote about Pele:
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil's coach in 2002)
"I think Pele knows nothing about soccer. He's done nothing as a coach and his analysis turns out to be always wrong. If you plan on winning a title, you do the opposite to what Pele says."
 

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Coke is his business but there were stories of steroid abuse. When he played at Wembley as a 17-year-old he was fairly weedy and a couple of years later he had metamorphosed into a brick shithouse - an Argentinian guy I was working with at the time said it was common knowledge it wasn't natural growth.
 

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Brad said:
He supposedly is very defensive of his 'official position' as the best player in the world. Most Brazilians think Garrincha was better. Most people outside of Brazil arguably think Maradona was better. Given his career mainly consisted of state championship games with poor quality opposition, and friendly tours against non-competitive European sides, and world cup performances alongside the best players in the world; as opposed to Maradona who worked miracles at Napoli to win the league, and nigh single handedly won a world cup for his nation, I don't think personally Pele has much footing in this arguement. Probably why he keeps having to bring up the drugs issue time and time again
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Suprised you've taken Maradona's side given your hate of argentina's volleyball skills.

But yes most people who adore Pele's are the one's that have not watched him play,just seen his medal collection and his goals tally.

It just takes a few clips to fall in love with Maradona and be inspired by him,even though he had a drug addiction.
 

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peterstorey said:
Coke is his business but there were stories of steroid abuse. When he played at Wembley as a 17-year-old he was fairly weedy and a couple of years later he had metamorphosed into a brick shithouse - an Argentinian guy I was working with at the time said it was common knowledge it wasn't natural growth.
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It's possible but most teens have not yet fully developed into men. Look at many US athletes. They're scronny teens and by age 24 have become chiseled beasts. So to go from twig and bones at age 17 to stocky at age 20 is not unnatural. Now per say he went from 125lbs to 200lbs of lean muscle in 2-3 years that might be a bit suspicious.
 

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He's gotta be off his tits in that video.
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He never did a warmup without the ball or anykind of training. I've seen an interview where he says he used to do amazing skills in his warmup routine to intimidate the opponent and give his team mates strengh, in knowing that they had the best player in the world playing with them.
 

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You mean like this?


Genius. Can sniff as much chang as he wants in my opinion. We might never see the likes again...perhaps.
 

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Pele is a legend but he ends up sounding like an idiot every time he opens his mouth.
 

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Brad said:
He supposedly is very defensive of his 'official position' as the best player in the world. Most Brazilians think Garrincha was better. Most people outside of Brazil arguably think Maradona was better. Given his career mainly consisted of state championship games with poor quality opposition, and friendly tours against non-competitive European sides, and world cup performances alongside the best players in the world; as opposed to Maradona who worked miracles at Napoli to win the league, and nigh single handedly won a world cup for his nation, I don't think personally Pele has much footing in this arguement. Probably why he keeps having to bring up the drugs issue time and time again
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Clueless and ignorant.

Problem with the Pele issue on here is that barely anyone on here has seen a fecking thing of one player (Pele) but grew up at the time Maradona was prominent and saw him in the WC '86 on their tv's. To see his peak years you'd actually have to get holkd of obscure footage from the 60's when he was sublime and at his peak.

All they've seen of Pele is a few clips of him at WC '70 and maybe a few grainy clips of him at WC '58.
 

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Clueless and ignorant.

Problem with the Pele issue on here is that barely anyone on here has seen a fecking thing of one player (Pele) but grew up at the time Maradona was prominent and saw him in the WC '86 on their tv's. To see his peak years you'd actually have to get holkd of obscure footage from the 60's when he was sublime and at his peak.

All they've seen of Pele is a few clips of him at WC '70 and maybe a few grainy clips of him at WC '58.
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Exactly, his highlight reel consists of stories whereas Maradona was broadcast around the world.
 

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Fortitude said:
Clueless and ignorant.

Problem with the Pele issue on here is that barely anyone on here has seen a fecking thing of one player (Pele) but grew up at the time Maradona was prominent and saw him in the WC '86 on their tv's. To see his peak years you'd actually have to get holkd of obscure footage from the 60's when he was sublime and at his peak.

All they've seen of Pele is a few clips of him at WC '70 and maybe a few grainy clips of him at WC '58.
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My post was clueless and ignorant?

I've researched Pele and his thousand goals claim and posted on here before, hardly either of the above. You'll have to highlight which parts of my posts you are referring too. I am just young enough to have missed watching Maradona at his peak too. And as someone else has pointed out, I can't stand cheats, and so if anything I should be bias against him. But I'm being objective. For my money, Maradona is the better player

Incidently, I'd like to hear from the people who have seen more than just a few clips of Pele from world cups. because thats what he's usually judged on. Which makes your ignorant and grainy clips comment that little bit more hypocritical
 

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It's hard to argue Maradona devastating some of the best club sides around while Pele toyed against amateurs and semi-pros in Brazil for years. Not to mention that Pele played alongside some of the greatest footballers ever while in the national team. Name one Argie that even compares with Garrincha, Zagallo, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto, Rivelino, etc.
 

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Fortitude said:
Clueless and ignorant.

Problem with the Pele issue on here is that barely anyone on here has seen a fecking thing of one player (Pele) but grew up at the time Maradona was prominent and saw him in the WC '86 on their tv's. To see his peak years you'd actually have to get holkd of obscure footage from the 60's when he was sublime and at his peak.

All they've seen of Pele is a few clips of him at WC '70 and maybe a few grainy clips of him at WC '58.
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Pele was much better than Maradonna
 

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Brad said:
My post was clueless and ignorant?

I've researched Pele and his thousand goals claim and posted on here before, hardly either of the above. You'll have to highlight which parts of my posts you are referring too. I am just young enough to have missed watching Maradona at his peak too. And as someone else has pointed out, I can't stand cheats, and so if anything I should be bias against him. But I'm being objective. For my money, Maradona is the better player

Incidently, I'd like to hear from the people who have seen more than just a few clips of Pele from world cups. because thats what he's usually judged on. Which makes your ignorant and grainy clips comment that little bit more hypocritical
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You haven't researched well then. And you definitely haven't seen him in action to act as an authority on the subject.

The Brazilian Championships that Pele played in were the strongest in the world at that time as evidenced by their constant and relentless march to the World Cup titles from 58-70 with only '66 as an exception. The entire squads of that time all played in Brazil and the 'friendlies' you talk of were anything but. Pele constantly travelled Europe and twatted the best teams of that time.

But I'm not going to go on and on about this because most here have made up their minds without even having enough source material to be objective.


That's Pele for Santos, twatting the most famous teams of Europe for Santos.

Pele could do everything Maradona could and more, which is why he is the best to ever play the game.
 

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You haven't researched well then. And you definitely haven't seen him in action to act as an authority on the subject.

The Brazilian Championships that Pele played in were the strongest in the world at that time as evidenced by their constant and relentless march to the World Cup titles from 58-70 with only '66 as an exception. The entire squads of that time all played in Brazil and the 'friendlies' you talk of were anything but. Pele constantly travelled Europe and twatted the best teams of that time.

But I'm not going to go on and on about this because most here have made up their minds without even having enough source material to be objective.


That's Pele for Santos, twatting the most famous teams of Europe for Santos.

Pele could do everything Maradona could and more, which is why he is the best to ever play the game.
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eggsackerly :D except Edwards was better
 

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I think Pele was more of an all round player than Maradona. He could do anything with the ball in any position. You can clearly see his talent in numerous youtube clips: heading,freekicks,dribbles,shots,passing, dummies, PHENOMENAL

I do agree that he didn't pay as many games at the highest level as Maradona but you can't ignore how Pele played during the 3 world cups he won. That was the highest level and he may have played lots of poor teams in the state championships but Santos back then was equally good as Real and Benfica.

My vote goes to pele
 
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