Life offers us some truly close choices at times when it comes to figuring out whats best; Pepsi or Cola? Puppies or kittens? Pele or Maradona? All of these pairs have several common factors that make them great, but theyre also unique in their own way and thats exactly the case with the Pele and Maradona comparison, a comparison that sparked enormous and passionate debates throughout modern history.
In the 1970s, Pele had already established himself as a huge name in soccer and was already being considered the greatest player to have ever lived. No one even came close to his glory, until a short, stuffed Argentinean player called Maradona walked on the soccer field for the first time.
Maradona was born in a poor family, but as with all Argentinean families of that time, soccer was a central part of their lives. Maradona and his two younger brothers started up playing soccer from an early age and he was spotted as a great talent around age 11, when he was taken to the youth squad of Buenos Aires Argentinos Juniors, where he would amuse spectators with his juggling tricks during halftimes in the senior squads games.
Soon enough, Maradona established...