5 retired players who had a habit of scoring insane goals

#2 Diego Maradona

Maradona is revered as a God in Naples

The only reason why people still aren’t sure about Lionel Messi’s credentials as the greatest player of all time is Diego Maradona. Now, look, what Messi does week-in and week-out, it is… well, ufff… damn you, words, you have failed me.

Well, that’s what Messi does to you anyway, and that actually reflects the point I am trying to convey. When Messi receives the ball, he analyses the channels, zooms in on the spaces, and then takes the decision about the next best thing to do.

And what follows is almost always the right choice. He is a picture of brutal efficiency, something that we may have never seen before.

Diego Maradona, on the other hand, might not have been as efficient as the current number 10 of Argentina, but he had something mythical about him that Messi lacks. One of which was grinta or, in simple term, grit.

It was this grit that made him score the greatest World Cup goal ever against England. The English were after his blood, but he dodged them one after the other to score the goal of the century.

The other players on this list have air-bending long-rangers to help their case, Maradona, though, was a maniac who would dribble past anything and score to get his team out of trouble.

This is what he did most of his life at Argentina and Napoli in a time when studs up lunges only warranted a warning. He was always the target of the most brutal fouls and wasn’t really protected like players of this generation – and this is why he is regarded by many as the greatest ever.