Who is the best soccer player Lionel Messi or Maradona

Ivan:

Ivan: I think Lionel Messi is so much better!!

azer786: MARADONA PROVED HIMSELF BY WINNING THE WORLD CUP.. LETS SEE IF MESSI CAN DO THE SAME, HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME !!

ktmrocks: messi...cool..he is awesome but need some improvement too..lets see what he will do in coming matches

azer786: we know he is a class player at Barcelona but he needs to do more for ARrgentina too

Grimm_xD: messi is better..

SIYA_c: though he need lil improvment . bt i m sure here he will do somthin gr8. he is my hero. i love him.

Flying_carpet: Messi is absolutely astounding...no doubt...perhaps the BEST footballer active in the World Cup and playing the game right now...I agree also that with time HE must prove what HE can do...Maradonna has done it and as "out there" as Maradonna's life has been...he has done it on the pitch...Messi is young HE will do his part in world football history...let us be patient!

jdcaprio2000: its football not soccer!!...

how come u compare both of them???does not make any sense at all...
maradona is a senior have some respect..-compare to junior- :/

ktmrocks: it will be called football unless england or usa will win da cup

meshal17: Maradona is better

Flying_carpet: TIME will tell the truth...objectively...Messi has the stuff...let's give him a chance to prove himself!

Ivan: well Maradona was a great fooball player but only in te pitch because ouside the football pithc was awfull, meanwhile Messi is Great inside or outside the pitch

Flying_carpet: I think we know Maradonna's antics...however the pitch should be the measure of judgement IMAO

susan010920: messi

LuisStylez: Messi's only better if you've never seen Maradona play.

quarks: better at which aspect of football?

BlueBiker: Maradona was much better. Messi is a great soccer player, probably the best at the moment, but still he hasn't prove that in a World Cup.

pancakeandsyrup: Maradona had his style of play. great skills, great ball movement and good speed. Messi has more speed.

MaiaArgentina: maradonna

dony17: Di Stefano

adamso: what about messi and C.ronaldo who is better

SWlNE:

Who is better? That comparison will be unfair to CR. He has accomplished a good bit. As about now he has the same amount of 'goals' at Real Madrid as Di Stefano (Penaldo style). That being said, side-by-side, Messi is a football magician, C.R is a forward. It's not just about goals scored, it's also about setting up goals for fellow team mates, Messi excels in the two.

keymaker380: the best is Maradona, in argentina he is considered a god

lets_get_in: Have seen them both in their peak. Messi is better if you talk bout skills but Maradona's influence on the game was greater. Diego never gave up while Messi tends to do that but there is no doubt, there haven't been a more skilled player than Leo.