There was once a footballer with Messi-like ball control and Mbappe-like speed on fields that were a lot harder to play on. He also had Michael Jordan's 48-inch vertical leap and made stunning headers with a ball that was much heavier and harder to direct. The defending on him was so physical that it helped prompt the invention of yellow and red cards. And yet, he scored 500 goals by age 26; averaged nearly a goal a game over his career . His name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pelé. In my humble opinion, he is the greatest to have ever done it.
@@triplex1427 Messi is incredible but Pele was as well. Pele had way better physical attributes than Messi but also could dribble multiple players in a row, shoot with incredible accuracy and power with both feet, header and jump better than most, had a spontaneous creativity, always delivered in World Cup finals, scored a hat trick in World Cup aged 17 and a brace in the final. Golden ball in 1970 and that killer no look pass to Carlos Alberto is genius. It’s hard to see what else Pele could have achieved to be honest. Maybe he would have won 4 world cups had he not got injured in 1966. So I think Pele earned his legendary status.
He was perfection. He was a true pioneer. Everything that you see today? The shots, the dribbles, the pace, the strength, the header, the passes, Pele was doing over 50 years ago. When you discuss the greats, their should be a table full of demi-Gods, while Pele watches down from another universe. Because he was from another universe.
Absolute king, legend and icon. This man was the first international athlete ever, rubbed shoulders with kings, queens, presidents and heads of states as an honored guest, had a Middle East sheik wait for him in a airport for a chance to meet him, stopped a war in Africa for 2 days because both sides wanted to see him play and was the first athlete to advocate for equal treatments for all races in soccer. RIP Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé)
I am 25. Messi was the first player I ever watched and introduced me to the sport. Despite all of this Pele to me is simply the goat as of now. People come close but when it really comes down to it he's the greatest in the history of the sport 💛💚💙
@@hubertagamasu6283 people claim messi to be the goat after he won 1 worldcup. Pele has won 3, so it should make him 3× bigger with the world cup. The ucl wasn't as big in the 60s. Pele played against all the best players possible in brazil as intercontinental transfers a thing back then.
@@hubertagamasu6283 for me it's neck and neck as I was saying above. But when it reallyyyy comes down to it I still have to give it to Pelé. If you watch allll his highlights unbiasedly with true vision for the sport taking into account field position and the shape of the defense in those moments etc. Take into account the cleats, ball, pitch etc. What Pelé was doing was truly alien like, his shot power, finishing, dribbling, ball control, play making, aerial prowess, weak foot. He's just so complete. THEE most complete the sport has ever seen. He won the world cup as arguably the best player on the planet at 17 and then again going on 30. Despite the injury in '62 he does legitimately have 3 world cup trophies. 7 ballon d'ors. Over 1000 goals officially maybe even as many as 1200 despite not having modern medicine and training to keep his body healthy with age. He's the greatest player ever for the greatest footballing country ever. People loveee to discredit him every chance they get. Ohhh he was injured for the world cup. Ohhh he was playing terrible defenders. Ohhh he scored all his goals in friendlies. So I say 1st. Messi was injured entirely for the 2006 CL season after the round of 16. Yet people say he has 4 CL titles 2nd. He played in the best league in the world at the time. Brazil serie A was better than anything in Europe at the time. Go and watch Messi scoring 5 goals against Leverkusen in the Champions league. Let me tell you right now the defense and goalkeeping legitimately don't even look professional level, it's atrocious 3rd. Friendlies meant A LOT back then, they were treated as cup level matches. They were of the utmost significance. And yet people dont want to give any credit for those goals?? You have Messi fans praising him scoring 91 goals in a calendar year and yet they count in all his friendly goals in there? And that's in an era where friendlies aren't taken as serious. I could keep going but I've already written a mini book my bad bro 😂 but yes never forget the debate goes both ways
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo with all their Ballons d'Or and Champions Leagues, one thing they'll never achieve in their career is winning three World Cups. And that is a fact.
Haha pessi was never the goat never will be simple as that! Heck he’s not even top 3! Go ask these footballer legends they will say Pele Maradona De steffano are the 3 goats! Pele did what pessi did back in the 60-70s 😅 Pele is incomparable no one comes close
@@hubertagamasu6283 mate compare a player like pele (who has THREE World Cup and who almost invent everything well known for a number 10) with any other player just shows you don’t have a clue of football
@@xavierduran9205 Her Majesty Queen? Don't question it. The longest British monarches (70 years) that had just passed away three months earlier. She was infamous for giving Bobby Moore the first (and the only) major silverware in 39-stairs of Wembley. She also revolutionized the whole sports with the 2012 Olympics held in London. I guess, there are numerous important persons whose deaths mourned the whole world such as Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II, and former boxer Muhammad Ali.
People need to state facts when they are on international television. Pele played 2/6 matches in 62 while he played 2/3 in 66. Brazil won in 62, even without him from the third match onwards. Frank conveniently lied about that (or maybe they had limited knowledge of football). Pele has so many records that you don't need to make the fake ones.
In 66 the Brazilian team was in flux, unlike with today's awareness that teams are either in the beginning of a cycle or at its peak, in 66 Brazil was coming off of winning two world cups Garrincha was 33, Tostao was 19, Jairzinho was 22, Zito was 34, it was a team made of too many older players, Augumented by youngsters. With most world cups injuries helps evolve the winners and typically hampers the others, and that was the case with Argentina this year too. France not having Benzema, Nkunku gave us probably the best world cup finals in history.Brazil would peak in 1970 with Jairzinho & Tostao scoring some important goals, so yes Brazil in 66 were reliant on Pele too much.
@@dondaddan although i agree with your points, i don't understand how's this relevant. Brazil had a good team even without Pele, definitely he improved them but they won trophies even when he was injured, which Frank conveniently skipped.
@@tamassinha6756 Brazil in 1962 was probably the best Brazilian team ever assembled, it was loaded with world class talent everywhere except in central defense but more importantly better managed, Garrincha was at his peak, he won Brazil that world cup but didn't start until the 3rd game when Brazil needed to win to qualify for the next stage...this is a team sport, the teams that win tend to rely in one or two of their best players at their peak years and the core of the best teams that win are usually between 24-29. Pele was 22, he would play his part and help Brazil win it in 1970, there are no super heroes in this thing, just a big amount of luck and talent. No one remembers Julinho but going into the 62 world cup they expected him to start instead of Garrincha, injuries killed his Selecao career but he had successful career playing in Italy. To win a world cup a team has to be in the right phase to triumph,a world cup winning team is typically averaged age 28.
🤔 ive seen all these comments, but they had the name messi in them instead of pelé not even a week ago… perfect example how people have trendy selective memory regarding todays trends
Cristiano Ronaldo has a same level as Pele, but his ending is bad luck (Portugal had no World Cups, only Euro in 2016). Lionel Messi has a same level as Maradona, but his ending is absolutely perfect (wins the World Cup, Champions League, Copa America, and Ballon d'Or).
@@ezraezra2928 ending with all the help from FIFA and refs, always favoured and asskissed, thats why he robbed ballon d'ors and now worldcup when should ve got sent off already from the game against netherlands for yellow cards and harassing, biggest fraud this sport will ever have
Apart from obviously the generation context; people who adore Messi and are younger are absolutely right to. He is amazing. And before Messi, Maradona was doing the same thing albeit with a little bit more controversy. Pele came first. He set the standards. He made the Brazilian team play better. Brazil played cutting edge football with pace and had an evil counterattack. Other countries really didn’t know what hit them. Pele was at the heart of it. In an era where defenders were allowed to and did, use pretty much everything apart from a shotgun to bring you down, it was other professionals who caught on to how special and what a gentleman this man was. The press got it off the players. He was followed and loved ever since. His World Cup record is simply incredible. Bobby Moore and Pele shaking hands will live with me forever as one of the most beautiful moments of humanity ever in a time when it was not easy to be emotional. Every single professional footballer owes Pele something. He turned an amateur pastime into a professional sport and globalised football. He never stopped taking football around the world. Everything he did had good vibes. He is the Angel of Football.
There was once a footballer with Messi-like ball control and Mbappe-like speed on fields that were a lot harder to play on. He also had Michael Jordan's 48-inch vertical leap and made stunning headers with a ball that was much heavier and harder to direct. The defending on him was so physical that it helped prompt the invention of yellow and red cards. And yet, he scored 500 goals by age 26; averaged nearly a goal a game over his career . His name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pelé. In my humble opinion, he is the greatest to have ever done it.
⚽🙏💕 No words.
Enough with this nostalgia,,,,MESSI is incomparable.
❤
@@triplex1427 LOL Messi passed Maradona, Not The Inventor Pele
@@triplex1427 Messi is incredible but Pele was as well. Pele had way better physical attributes than Messi but also could dribble multiple players in a row, shoot with incredible accuracy and power with both feet, header and jump better than most, had a spontaneous creativity, always delivered in World Cup finals, scored a hat trick in World Cup aged 17 and a brace in the final. Golden ball in 1970 and that killer no look pass to Carlos Alberto is genius. It’s hard to see what else Pele could have achieved to be honest. Maybe he would have won 4 world cups had he not got injured in 1966. So I think Pele earned his legendary status.
He was perfection. He was a true pioneer. Everything that you see today? The shots, the dribbles, the pace, the strength, the header, the passes, Pele was doing over 50 years ago. When you discuss the greats, their should be a table full of demi-Gods, while Pele watches down from another universe. Because he was from another universe.
Absolute king, legend and icon. This man was the first international athlete ever, rubbed shoulders with kings, queens, presidents and heads of states as an honored guest, had a Middle East sheik wait for him in a airport for a chance to meet him, stopped a war in Africa for 2 days because both sides wanted to see him play and was the first athlete to advocate for equal treatments for all races in soccer. RIP Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé)
That’s it!
Pelé is up there with the sports legends such as Mohamed Ali and Donald Bradman. Truly a great footballer.
I am 25. Messi was the first player I ever watched and introduced me to the sport. Despite all of this Pele to me is simply the goat as of now. People come close but when it really comes down to it he's the greatest in the history of the sport 💛💚💙
lol you dont know christophe dugarry bro, hes the real goat
@@hubertagamasu6283 people claim messi to be the goat after he won 1 worldcup. Pele has won 3, so it should make him 3× bigger with the world cup. The ucl wasn't as big in the 60s. Pele played against all the best players possible in brazil as intercontinental transfers a thing back then.
@@hubertagamasu6283 Question is In what respect is messi better than Pelé ? As longevity is subjective the answer is None.
@@hubertagamasu6283 for me it's neck and neck as I was saying above. But when it reallyyyy comes down to it I still have to give it to Pelé.
If you watch allll his highlights unbiasedly with true vision for the sport taking into account field position and the shape of the defense in those moments etc.
Take into account the cleats, ball, pitch etc.
What Pelé was doing was truly alien like, his shot power, finishing, dribbling, ball control, play making, aerial prowess, weak foot.
He's just so complete. THEE most complete the sport has ever seen.
He won the world cup as arguably the best player on the planet at 17 and then again going on 30. Despite the injury in '62 he does legitimately have 3 world cup trophies. 7 ballon d'ors. Over 1000 goals officially maybe even as many as 1200 despite not having modern medicine and training to keep his body healthy with age.
He's the greatest player ever for the greatest footballing country ever.
People loveee to discredit him every chance they get.
Ohhh he was injured for the world cup.
Ohhh he was playing terrible defenders.
Ohhh he scored all his goals in friendlies.
So I say
1st. Messi was injured entirely for the 2006 CL season after the round of 16. Yet people say he has 4 CL titles
2nd. He played in the best league in the world at the time. Brazil serie A was better than anything in Europe at the time.
Go and watch Messi scoring 5 goals against Leverkusen in the Champions league. Let me tell you right now the defense and goalkeeping legitimately don't even look professional level, it's atrocious
3rd. Friendlies meant A LOT back then, they were treated as cup level matches. They were of the utmost significance.
And yet people dont want to give any credit for those goals??
You have Messi fans praising him scoring 91 goals in a calendar year and yet they count in all his friendly goals in there? And that's in an era where friendlies aren't taken as serious.
I could keep going but I've already written a mini book my bad bro 😂 but yes never forget the debate goes both ways
GOAT KING RIP PELE
Frank looks like a family member passed.
Our legends mourning their Legend hits different
Pele the goat
RIP Pele.. you will forever hold that status as the greatest football player of all time. 👏👏👏👏 🇬🇧
R.I.P to the 🐐 of football 🕊🙏🏾
Rip Pele what an amazing footballer abd no doubt the greatest ever
I just heard pele has gone the world best player in the world what a player R I P king pele gone but not for gotting. Xx😢❤
RIP king 🤴🏿 of football
Yeah is unfortunate, may his soul rest in peace
Pele is like the sage of six path that’s incarnated through various players after him.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo with all their Ballons d'Or and Champions Leagues, one thing they'll never achieve in their career is winning three World Cups. And that is a fact.
But Messi had completed his football destiny with this World Cup.
Haha pessi was never the goat never will be simple as that! Heck he’s not even top 3! Go ask these footballer legends they will say Pele Maradona De steffano are the 3 goats! Pele did what pessi did back in the 60-70s 😅 Pele is incomparable no one comes close
Rip to the greatest of all time 🙏 😪 💔
@@hubertagamasu6283 the greatest rip Pele
@@hubertagamasu6283 mate compare a player like pele (who has THREE World Cup and who almost invent everything well known for a number 10) with any other player just shows you don’t have a clue of football
Bicycle kick was done in 1914 by Ramon Unzaga plus 1962 Brazil won the World Cup without Pele because he played only one game
Yes Pele did it first.
Pele is the most important person of the world other than Queen Elizabeth II.
Who is she? What did she do???
@@xavierduran9205 Her Majesty Queen? Don't question it. The longest British monarches (70 years) that had just passed away three months earlier.
She was infamous for giving Bobby Moore the first (and the only) major silverware in 39-stairs of Wembley.
She also revolutionized the whole sports with the 2012 Olympics held in London.
I guess, there are numerous important persons whose deaths mourned the whole world such as Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II, and former boxer Muhammad Ali.
You may not have caught up with the news, but Queen Elizabeth died a few months ago. I hope this doesn't upset you too much.
U mean to tell me pele was the first man to score
People need to state facts when they are on international television. Pele played 2/6 matches in 62 while he played 2/3 in 66.
Brazil won in 62, even without him from the third match onwards. Frank conveniently lied about that (or maybe they had limited knowledge of football).
Pele has so many records that you don't need to make the fake ones.
In 66 the Brazilian team was in flux, unlike with today's awareness that teams are either in the beginning of a cycle or at its peak, in 66 Brazil was coming off of winning two world cups Garrincha was 33, Tostao was 19, Jairzinho was 22, Zito was 34, it was a team made of too many older players, Augumented by youngsters. With most world cups injuries helps evolve the winners and typically hampers the others, and that was the case with Argentina this year too. France not having Benzema, Nkunku gave us probably the best world cup finals in history.Brazil would peak in 1970 with Jairzinho & Tostao scoring some important goals, so yes Brazil in 66 were reliant on Pele too much.
@@dondaddan although i agree with your points, i don't understand how's this relevant.
Brazil had a good team even without Pele, definitely he improved them but they won trophies even when he was injured, which Frank conveniently skipped.
@@tamassinha6756 Brazil in 1962 was probably the best Brazilian team ever assembled, it was loaded with world class talent everywhere except in central defense but more importantly better managed, Garrincha was at his peak, he won Brazil that world cup but didn't start until the 3rd game when Brazil needed to win to qualify for the next stage...this is a team sport, the teams that win tend to rely in one or two of their best players at their peak years and the core of the best teams that win are usually between 24-29. Pele was 22, he would play his part and help Brazil win it in 1970, there are no super heroes in this thing, just a big amount of luck and talent. No one remembers Julinho but going into the 62 world cup they expected him to start instead of Garrincha, injuries killed his Selecao career but he had successful career playing in Italy. To win a world cup a team has to be in the right phase to triumph,a world cup winning team is typically averaged age 28.
🤔 ive seen all these comments, but they had the name messi in them instead of pelé not even a week ago… perfect example how people have trendy selective memory regarding todays trends
Callate
Pele and maradona played in the most beautiful era of this sport, biggest players football will ever have
Cristiano Ronaldo has a same level as Pele, but his ending is bad luck (Portugal had no World Cups, only Euro in 2016).
Lionel Messi has a same level as Maradona, but his ending is absolutely perfect (wins the World Cup, Champions League, Copa America, and Ballon d'Or).
@@hubertagamasu6283 thats a worthless fraud
@@ezraezra2928 ending with all the help from FIFA and refs, always favoured and asskissed, thats why he robbed ballon d'ors and now worldcup when should ve got sent off already from the game against netherlands for yellow cards and harassing, biggest fraud this sport will ever have
How many Gods did christian had 🤣🤣🤣☝️🤔🤣
Go away keyboard terrorist. Be respectful or comment somewhere else. The Crusades were 800 years ago you biblical inbred weirdo.
Callate
God of football? Which never coach a team best Fraud in football history
Atte. Don nadie
Nice marketing video for Pele 😂 Pele did it did he achieved anything as a coach? Nooooo zero
Callate
Apart from obviously the generation context; people who adore Messi and are younger are absolutely right to. He is amazing. And before Messi, Maradona was doing the same thing albeit with a little bit more controversy. Pele came first. He set the standards. He made the Brazilian team play better. Brazil played cutting edge football with pace and had an evil counterattack. Other countries really didn’t know what hit them. Pele was at the heart of it. In an era where defenders were allowed to and did, use pretty much everything apart from a shotgun to bring you down, it was other professionals who caught on to how special and what a gentleman this man was. The press got it off the players. He was followed and loved ever since. His World Cup record is simply incredible. Bobby Moore and Pele shaking hands will live with me forever as one of the most beautiful moments of humanity ever in a time when it was not easy to be emotional.
Every single professional footballer owes Pele something. He turned an amateur pastime into a professional sport and globalised football. He never stopped taking football around the world. Everything he did had good vibes. He is the Angel of Football.
Such blasphemy
Callate
We all have our own opinions
Atte.don nadie
He wouldn’t be dead if he was god 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Atte. Don nadie
@@BrunoLombardi8521 English please