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I never said that Platini was as good as Maradona. I do contend that He is at least on a par with Zidane and the points people tend to designate for trophies won would be different if Platini had more luck with the team he led, or Zidane had been unlucky with team mates.
Sorry but to my mind the best player in the world is the player who best plays football. not the one who's great but also lucky enough to be in a competitive team. Obviously we can only judge on what we see and half the time what we hear and read. It's quite plausible that in the 50s there were players who were better than Pele, Di Stefano and company. But maybe they played for a second rate country and chose to stay at a second rate club team. So now we have to include luck and ambition as factors.
The idea that Napoli was 'a very average team' is now part of Maradona's legend. They may not have been all time greats but they were far from average. The same goes for the Argentina team in 86
I'll repeat, I still think that Maradona was more complete. He had more imagination and would surprise you with what he did aswell as how he did it. Ronaldinho was similar in that respect for a glorious couple of years. Messi only surprises me with how he does it. You basically know what he's going to do. I also think Messi is a better finisher and as I said earlier, more consistantly boss.
You could say the same about Dixie Dean and Pele too. Doesn't change the fact that they were the only ones to do what they have done. It was easier to score goals in 1928 but nobody else scored 60 goals.
