World Cup-winning manager: Real Madrid legend is among best in history not Messi
Former Argentina boss Carlos Bilardo has hailed Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano as one of the best player in the history of Football.
Bilardo thinks Di Stefano, Pele and Diego Maradona are the best players in the entire history of football, despite of revealing his admiration for Lionel Messi, suggested that Barcelona ace has lot to prove, as so far he has failed to lead his national side to any piece of silverware.
World Cup-winning manager: Real Madrid legend is among best in history not Messi
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Former Argentina boss believes that Messi needs to win World Cup, in order to earn his place among the likes of Di Stefano, Maradona and Pele
“[Alfredo] Di Stefano was a superman. He could begin a play in his goal and finish it in the other. Then came Pele and [Diego] Maradona,” he told Ole.
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“Now it’s Messi, but they are different eras.
“I knew Messi would win [the Ballon d’Or], he deserved it. There’s quite a difference between him and Cristiano Ronaldo.
“I put him among the best, but not in history, just of this moment.
“He’s reached his ceiling, he can’t win more than he has, but he has the incentive to win the World Cup.”
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“I said to his father ‘get him away from there and put him in the middle, where all the best play’. We did that for the national team and then Barcelona did the same,” he said.
“He’s one of the best in the world. He has recognition from the world, from his club, and he should have it here,” he added. “I’m not surprised by how he plays, I predicted how important he would be many years ago.
“We have to stop criticising him. He’ll get tired of it one day and not come here anymore.”