Pelé launches incredible attack on 'one trick' Lionel Messi | OneFootball

Brazilian legend Pelé has launched a quite incredible attack on Lionel Messi and has insisted that the two of them cannot be compared as players.

The 78-year-old former striker is widely recognised as one of the greatest players of all-time, having scored over 600 goals in a 21-year career which included three World Cup triumphs.

But Messi is now seen as a rival to that crown, breaking goalscoring records for Barcelona and lifting 33 major trophies for the Blaugrana.

Pelé though, isn’t having any of it, and has claimed that the Argentine forward “only has one skill”.

“How can you make a comparison between a guy who heads the ball well, shoots with the left, shoots with the right and another who only shoots with one leg, only has one skill and doesn’t head the ball well?” he told Folha de Sao Paulo

“How can you compare? To compare with Pele, it has to be someone who shoots well with the left, shoots well with the right, and scores headers.”

Oh dear.