Pelé says Messi and Neymar don’t perform as well on international stage

Pelé believes Argentina captain Lionel Messi is still to reach the same heights for his country that he has achieved with Barcelona. But Messi’s only international honours have come in the form of the Fifa World Youth Championship in 2005 and the 2008 Olympic title, while La Albiceleste fell at the final hurdle in the […]
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2015-04-11 20:57:00

Pelé believes Argentina captain Lionel Messi is still to reach the same heights for his country that he has achieved with Barcelona.

But Messi’s only international honours have come in the form of the Fifa World Youth Championship in 2005 and the 2008 Olympic title, while La Albiceleste fell at the final hurdle in the 2007 Copa América and the World Cup last summer. Argentina are among the favourites going into the 2015 Copa in Chile, but Brazil legend Pelé feels their star man flourishes more while in the company of his club colleagues. Pelé told FIFA’s website: “When he’s in Spain, with Barcelona, with a team he already knows and knows well, he’s a player. But Messi when he’s with the Argentinian team is not the same thing. It’s a different way of playing – the Argentinian team is not organised the same way. The same thing happens with Neymar and Brazil.”

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