Messi and Ronaldo

[ClementeFanOh]

Peter- outside of penalty kicks, I have seen exactly goal (at the pro level)
that was entirely self generated over the past 35+ years. That would be
Maradona's "other" goal in the infamous "Hand of God" game versus
England in the World Cup. The goal I referenced has been voted "Goal of the
Century", and Maradona truly was a one-man gang for it. I've never seen
Ronaldo do anything like that. Despite his high opinion of himself and a ton
of press praising him, Cristiano has had a lot of help over the years (as did
Maradona). Some of his Man United and Real Madrid squads were loaded,
teams could not focus on stopping him exclusively like they would
Maradona (or, if they did, they would pay).

These "best ever" questions almost always go astray for a number of
reasons. Pele and Maradona played different positions, for one thing. Pele
was a monster goal scorer- best ever- who was often surrounded in W Cup
with other killer players. I am too young to have watched any of those
matches, but I love his play in brief captures and think he is magisterial. The
single most exciting player I ever watched was Maradona. He was like a
tornado, blowing around and scaring the daylights out of opponents. Rough
play was normalized in his era, players would try to hurt him and punch him
like boxers out of frustration. I also enjoyed watching Ronaldinho, Messi,
Bergkamp offensively, more so than Ronaldo. Defense is an altogether
different conversation naturally. The short answer is I don't feel qualified to
answer and I don't think there's a wrong one between those two.

Trent King