Messi vs maradona

[moggy]

Truly amazing second goal very similar to the maradona goal against England in 86
Both great goals but which is best?

 

[Jookbeard Eagle]

I thought it was similar to Micheal Laudrup's against Uruguay at the WC in 86

 

[Race]

messi's goal was going wide til it hit the defenders foot

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Terry Butcher scored the Maradona one.

 

[Safeway]

Maradona's was better but he's a cheating diego c*nt.

 

[withdeanwombat]

There's never been a better goal than Willy Irvine's.

 

[driller]

There is only one way to find out..........


Fight

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

There's never been a better goal than Willy Irvine's.

Good point. Almost well made. Willie innit.

 

[Braders]

Messi for me as he had to have closer control of the ball


right - although no World Cups to his name , another name to rank alongside the likes of Pele and Maradona? or too early for that judgement call

 

[logan89]

messi's goal was going wide til it hit the defenders foot

It shouldnt be credited to him then should it?

 

[El Presidente]

Maradona only had Terry Fenwick and Peter Reid to outpace, I would fancy Kerry Mayo against that pair.

 

[strings]

Messi's second goal was amazing. However, Messi's first goal wasn't. It was good, but most Premier League (and even Chamionship) strikers would have made exactly the same run and put it away. Quite why Townsend was creaming himself over it, I have no idea.

Second goal was amazing though

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Messi's second goal was amazing. However, Messi's first goal wasn't. It was good, but most Premier League (and even Chamionship) strikers would have made exactly the same run and put it away.

It was the Champions Leage semi-final away against their most bitter rivals. Only a top, top player would have lost the midfielder tracking them, then had the pace to get in front of the world class defender, then got the right touch to a low, hard cross to deflect it towards goal. And Messi is a midfielder.

You have more faith in the standard of strikers than me.

 

[Mellotron]

Maradona only had Terry Fenwick and Peter Reid to outpace, I would fancy Kerry Mayo against that pair.

Quite. And this is why you can't compare old footballers to modern ones. Messi is miles ahead as he is playing against far better players week in week out.

 

[El Presidente]

Messi's second goal was amazing. However, Messi's first goal wasn't. It was good, but most Premier League (and even Chamionship) strikers would have made exactly the same run and put it away. Quite why Townsend was creaming himself over it, I have no idea.

Second goal was amazing though

You could say something similar about Maradona in '86

 

[Mellotron]

You could say something similar about Maradona in '86

Craig Noone made two runs this season that were of a similar standard.

 

[sten_super]

Messi's second goal was amazing. However, Messi's first goal wasn't. It was good, but most Premier League (and even Chamionship) strikers would have made exactly the same run and put it away. Quite why Townsend was creaming himself over it, I have no idea.

Second goal was amazing though

It was the Champions Leage semi-final away against their most bitter rivals. Only a top, top player would have lost the midfielder tracking them, then had the pace to get in front of the world class defender, then got the right touch to a low, hard cross to deflect it towards goal. And Messi is a midfielder.

You have more faith in the standard of strikers than me.

I am somewhere between these two. It was a decent run, but the hard work was done by Allefay. It certainly didn't deserve the ridiculous adulation Townsend gave it.

Watching it again Messi is not picked up by the defensive midfielder marking him once he advances past the penalty spot (I assume that is where the midfielders brief ends). He then darts in to the near post and the finish is straightforward. Neat goal but nothing to get particularly excited about.

The second, however, was absolutely sublime.

 

[moggy]

We weren't really talking about messi's first.
We were comparing the sublime second goal to the maradona one against England weren't we

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Craig Noone made two runs this season that were of a similar standard.

So did I down the park on Sunday afternoon.