Eric Cantona: "The difference with Pele is that Maradona wasn't surrounded by great players; he had to carry the team himself (1986, 1990, 1994). If you took Maradona out of Argentina, they would ...

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Original Title: Eric Cantona: “The difference with Pele is that Maradona wasn’t surrounded by great players; he had to carry the team himself (1986, 1990, 1994). If you took Maradona out of Argentina, they would not win the World Cup, but I think Brazil without Pele, would still have won.”

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Eric Cantona snubs Pele on the GOAT debate:

“He [Maradona] won the World Cup in 1986, narrowly lost in the final in 1990 and then, in 1994, maybe would have won it again had he not been banned. The crucial difference with Pele is that Maradona wasn’t surrounded by great players; he had to carry the team himself. If you took Maradona out of Argentina, they would not win the World Cup, but I think Brazil without Pele, would still have won.”

What do you guys think?