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Pele, Best, Maradona or Cristiano Ronaldo? How does CR rank with the best?
Pele, Best, Maradona or Cristiano Ronaldo? How does CR rank with the best?
Comparisons can be a pain in the backside. My dad says that nobody was ever better than Tom Finney or Puskas, my older brother says George Best and Pele have no equals, I believe Maradona to be the best ever and my son says that Cristiano Ronaldo has more than the lot of them put together. It has always been this way. We always think that the top players of ‘our generation’ are ...
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  • freefootballstreaming freefootballstreaming
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    You can't rely compare Ronaldo to a player like Best, Maradona etc just yet as he is still in his early stages of his career. But he definately has the potential to be up there with the very best one day no doubt about that. I think you can only judge a footballer on those merits once they have retired & you can see exactly what they have achieved for their clubs, country etc. I think the best ever player was probably Maradona I agree.. as much as I hate to admit a Argentinian is better than any English player there has ever been, I would have to say that he was probably the best ever.

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    Posted 4/23/2008 respond (flag)
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