Is Diego Maradona the greatest player of all time?

Pelé, Lionel Messi, Michel Platini, Zinédine Zidane ... For our journalists from the sports writing of Le Figaro, many are playing the match with El Pibe de Oro.

Pelé is indeed the "king" (Jean-Julien Ezvan)

“A well worn crown.

For records: that of World Cup coronations (3), of the number of goals scored (1,281 in 1,363 matches).

For precocity (world champion at 17), the modernity offered to the game (physical, technical, head game, strikes with both feet), loyalty (17 years in Santos), longevity (launched to conquer the championship American at 35 at Cosmos New York).

Spectacular, Pelé remains the symbol of the most beautiful of the World Cups (1970), the first broadcast in color, that of the first Panini album, that of the domination of the game over calculation and of a sumptuous and unforgettable Brazilian team whose he was the conductor.

With the iconic photo as a symbol of the fist raised in Jairzinho's arms after his header scored in the final.

For that and for all the rest, the actions of genius, the feints, the goals, the assists, and not only because everything was better before, Pelé remains the number 1. Pelé, we did not see everything but the legend is sung, danced, transmitted, always leaving a little room for the imagination.

Offering him incomparable strength. "

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"Diego, the one, the only and the greatest of all" (Baptiste Desprez)

"Since this disastrous November 25, 2020, everywhere on the planet, a man occupies all minds and discussions: Diego Armando Maradona.

Sweeping all the news from around the world with one devastating final dribble.

It is to say the impact and the weight of the character.

From Naples to Buenos Aires, passing through Marseille, Mexico City, England, Africa or Asia, the Argentine genius leaves no one indifferent.

For a huge shock wave.

From the small neighborhood grocer to the biggest in this world, everyone mourns him, confirming that “El Pibe de Oro” has entered the collective unconscious.

For ever.

Through his legendary exploits, his inimitable style of play, his impressive charisma and his escapades known to all, Maradona is one of those who made emotion triumph over reason.

On the pitch, he won a World Cup with Argentina and titles with Naples almost on his own, something impossible in today's football.

Maradona, in her best days, was above all.

Virtuoso, clever, faker, this man knew how to do everything with a soccer ball.

For a blessed life, troubled but never smooth.

No need to imitate him, no one will ever match him.

Maradona comes forward, by far, as the best player of his generation and arguably the greatest of all time.

A true legend. ”

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