Post by Golden_Boy™ on Apr 21, 2008 18:24:10 GMT -1
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.
Meeeeeeooowwwwwww
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.
Meeeeeeooowwwwwww
