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You can't compare different times, not trying to downplay what Pelé did, but there is surely more density now, so statistically harder to do the same
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You can't compare different times, not trying to downplay what Pelé did, but there is surely more density now, so statistically harder to do the same
- rafaelero 4y agoSure you can. Absolute quality of soccer players may have changed, but relative performance probably have not. That's what makes Pelé impressive: how good he was relative to his peers. No soccer player nowadays reach that same level.
- dinkumthinkum 4y agoAs Kasparov said about comparing players like Kobe to Jordan or Carlson to himself, it is difficult because they later players had the benefit of being able to study them earlier ones.