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Pele Maradona Feud: Pele Blasts Argentina's Head Coach, Maradona

by NowPublic Staff | June 15, 2010 at 09:28 am

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Pele, World's Greatest Player Ever In Feud With Maradona, World's Second Greatest Player Ever

Brazilian soccer legend, Pele has accused Argentinian soccer legend and head coach Diego Maradona of accepting the coaching job simply for the money.

Maradona accepted the job as he needed work and needed the money. I saw how Argentina qualified with difficulty. But it is not Maradona's fault; it is the fault of those who put him in charge."

Pele went on to say " I don know why he speaks so much about me, he must be in love with me."
Pele and Maradona two of best soccer players ever also have egos to match their talents and have a long running verbal feud the most recent trigger being the world cup in South Africa, with Mardona taking a shot at Pele.

The Argentina coach chose to re-open their rift last week by saying Pele was wrong to question Africa's suitability as World Cup hosts following the murder in January of three Togo officials at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

Maradona claimed: 'When the tragedy happened, a certain coloured gentleman who played No 10 didn't believe that the World Cup could be played here. But South Africa answers him "yes it can", the World Cup begins.'

Pele,69, served as Brazil's sports minister for years. Maradona has had tumultuous history of cocaine use, and tax problems.
Pele and Maradona shard the FIFA Player of the Centuryaward in 2000. Pele led Brazil to three World Cups in the 1970s and Maradona to a World Cup victory in 1986 and they were glorious players but now it seems both find it hard to give up the spotlight.

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gkaba (not verified)

at 04:59 on June 19th, 2010

It's ok. Let them have a feud. If that's what they want. After all, they deserve anything. For all the joy they have given us. They are the BEST. The two of them. People, thank heaven for the chance to witness such talent and in the process make our lives less miserable but ful of good memories.

cv (not verified)

at 05:37 on June 27th, 2010

Both were extremely talented, but only one of them had true character. Pele would have never had the audacity to "score" a goal with his hand in front of tens of millions of viewers and find no guts to admit that when it mattered. There is a reason why Maradona went on to become a cocaine junkie, bum, and a complete mess. He's always been spineless... And that's just sad.

Jerrod (not verified)

at 11:57 on June 27th, 2010

As an American newly interested in the World Cup all this is quite new to me but I have found the games exciting.

SAID (not verified)

at 02:31 on September 4th, 2010

diego is the best, no million of pele's worth one maradona, and those who said the contrary they know nothing about foot ball, i will say to blatter leave maradona in peace, because foot ball is maradona and maradona is foot ball, and it's batter for you mr seep blatter to leave this game and govern a new federation .