According to Brazilian legend Zico, Lionel Messi is having an amazing season but he’s still not quite on the level of Diego Maradona or Pele.
“Messi is close to Maradona. That means, in my opinion, he can’t be compared to Pelé. I still consider Maradona in front of Messi. With Pelé, no. Pelé has all the qualities and characteristic that a football player has to have.
“When God created him [Pelé], he put every quality a footballer needs; speed, strength, impulse, technique, kicking ability, heading, dribbling – all of it, everything that a player might have.