{"id":469,"date":"2015-10-02T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2024-04-26T19:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:23:40","slug":"pele-and-messi-in-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/02\/pele-and-messi-in-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pele and Messi in finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/lang\/pt\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"pt_BR\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"blogdootavio\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Pele%20and%20Messi%20in%20finals\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/pele-messi-in-finals-2023\/\">CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED VERSION POSTED IN 10\/10\/2023<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another post from the \u201c<a title=\"Pel\u00e9 and Messi, a comparison between two geniuses\" href=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/16\/pele-and-messi-a-comparison-between-two-geniuses\/\">Pel\u00e9 and Messi, a comparison between two geniuses<\/a>\u201d series, I now review their performance in finals. Logically, it will only be counted official and knockout style tournaments: Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Champion\u2019s League, FIFA World Club Cub, Copa America and World Cup, for Messi; Ta\u00e7a Brasil (Brazilian championship), Libertadores (South-American Championship), Intercontinental Cup, and World Cup, for the Brazilian (the only Copa America he participated occurred in a round-robin format). In the tournaments with two legged finals, both games will be featured (and a third rubber match, like it used to happen back in the 60\u2019s).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2539\" style=\"width: 519px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ddCZn4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2539\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2539\" src=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox.jpg 509w, https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image below to buy Xbox Series X with EA FC 24 and play with football legends<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PELE (winning team in bold)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1958 World Cup <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">06\/29\/1958 &#8211;\u00a0 Sweden 2&#215;5 <strong>Brazil<\/strong> \u2013 Pele (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1959 Ta\u00e7a Brasil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/10\/1959 &#8211; Santos 2&#215;3 Bahia \u2013 \u00a0Pele (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/30\/1959 &#8211; <strong>Bahia<\/strong> 0x2 Santos \u2013 Pele (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pele did not play the last game that made Bahia the first Brazilian champions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1961 Ta\u00e7a Brasil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/22\/1961 &#8211;\u00a0 Bahia 1&#215;1 Santos.\u00a0 No goal by Pele (next, the field will be blank when that occurs)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/27\/1961 <strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Santos<\/strong> 5&#215;1 Bahia &#8211; Pele (3 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1962 Copa Libertadores<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pele did not play the first two games.<\/p>\n<p>08\/30\/1962 &#8211;\u00a0 <strong>Santos<\/strong> 3&#215;0 Pe\u00f1arol (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1962 Ta\u00e7a Intercontinental de Clubes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">09\/19\/1962 Santos 3&#215;2 Benfica \u2013 Pele (2 goals).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a010\/11\/1962 &#8211; Benfica 2&#215;5 <strong>Santos<\/strong> \u2013 Pele (3 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1962 Ta\u00e7a Brasil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">03\/19\/1963 &#8211; Santos 4&#215;3 Botafogo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">03\/31\/1963 &#8211; Botafogo 3&#215;1 Santos<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">04\/02\/1963 &#8211; Botafogo 0x5 <strong>Santos<\/strong> \u2013 Pele (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1963 Libertadores<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">09\/04\/1963 Santos 3&#215;2 Boca Juniors<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">09\/11\/1963 Boca Jrs. 1&#215;2 <strong>Santos<\/strong> \u2013 Pele (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1963 Ta\u00e7a Brasil <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">01\/25\/1964 Santos 6&#215;0 Bahia\u2013 Pele (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">01\/28\/1964 Bahia 0x2 <strong>Santos<\/strong> &#8211; Pele (2 goals).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1963 Intercontinental<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">11\/14\/1963 &#8211; \u00a0Milan 4&#215;2 <strong>Santos<\/strong> \u2013 Pele (2 goals).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pel\u00e9 did not play in the final two games when Santos won the title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1964 Ta\u00e7a Brasil <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/16\/1964 &#8211; Santos 4&#215;1 Flamengo \u2013 Pele (3 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/19\/1964 &#8211; Flamengo 0x0 <strong>Santos<\/strong> \u2013 the only last decisive game that Pele failed to score!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1965 Ta\u00e7a Brasil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/1\/1965 &#8211; Santos 5&#215;1 Vasco<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/8\/1965 &#8211; Vasco 0x1 <strong>Santos<\/strong> \u2013 Pele (1 goal).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1966 Ta\u00e7a Brasil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">11\/30\/1966 \u2013 Cruzeiro 6&#215;2 Santos<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/07\/1966 &#8211; Santos 2 x 3 <strong>Cruzeiro<\/strong>. Pele (1 goal). At 26, Pele lost his first and only final when on field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1970 World Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">06\/21\/1970 &#8211; <strong>Brazil<\/strong> 4 x 1 Italy -Pele (1 goal).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SUMARRY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">14 finals<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12 finals won (85.71%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2 finals lost (14.29%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">23 games<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">17 wins (73.91%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1 draw (4.34%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 losses (21.73%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goals for \u2013 69\u00a0(3 per game)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goals against \u2013 36 (1.52 per game)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goals by Pel\u00e9 \u2013 29 (1.26 per game) &#8211; \u00a042.02% of his team\u2019s goals and 27.61% of total goals scored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hat-tricks \u2013 3 (13.04%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Games with a least 2 goals \u2013 10 (43.47%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Games with at least 1 goal \u2013 16 (69.56%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Games without scoring \u2013 7 (30.43%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MESSI (winning team in bold)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2006 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/17\/2006 \u2013 Espanyol 0x1 Barcelona. No goal scored by Messi (next, the field will be blank when that happens)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/20\/2006 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 3&#215;0 Espanyol<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2006 UEFA Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/25\/2006 \u2013 Barcelona 0x3 <strong>Sevilla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2007 Copa America<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">07\/15\/2007 Argentina 0x3 <strong>Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2009 Spanish Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">05\/13\/2009 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 4 x 1 Athletic Bilbao \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2009 Champion\u2019s League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">05\/27\/2009 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 2 x 0 Manchester United \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2009 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi did not play the first game<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/23\/2009 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 3 x 0 Athletic \u2013 Messi (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2009<\/strong> <strong>UEFA Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/28\/2009 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 1 x 0 Shakhtar Donetsk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2009 FIFA World Club Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/19\/2009 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 2 x 1 Estudiantes \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2010 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/14\/2010 \u2013 Sevilla 3 x 1 Barcelona<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/21\/2010 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona <\/strong>4 x 0 Sevilla \u2013 Messi (3 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2011 Spanish Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">04\/20\/2011 \u2013 Barcelona 0 x 1 <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2011 Champion\u2019s League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">05\/28\/2011 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 3 x 1 Manchester United \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2011 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/14\/2011 \u2013 Real Madrid 2 x 2 Barcelona \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/17\/2011 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 3 x 2 Real Madrid \u2013 Messi (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2011 UEFA Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/26\/2011 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 2 x 0 Porto \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>FIFA World Club Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12\/18\/2011 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 4 x 0 Santos \u2013 Messi (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2012 Spanish Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">05\/25\/2012 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 3 x 0 Athletic Bilbao \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2012 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/23\/2012 \u2013 Barcelona 3 x\u00a0 2 Real Madrid \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/29\/2012 \u2013 <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong> 2\u00a0 x 1 Barcelona \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Real Madrid winners because of the away goal rule<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2013 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/21\/2012 \u2013 Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid 1 x 1 Barcelona<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/28\/2012 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 0 x 0 Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona winners because of away goal rule<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2014 Spanish Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">0416\/2014 \u2013 Barcelona 1 x 2 <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2014 World Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">07\/13\/2014 Argentina 0 x 1 <strong>Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2015 Spanish Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">05\/30\/\/2015 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 3 x 1 Athletic Bilbao \u2013 Messi (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2015 Champions League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6\/6\/2015 \u2013 <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> 3 x 1 Juventus<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2015 Copa America<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7\/4\/2015 <strong>Chile<\/strong> 0 (4) x 0 (1) Argentina<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2015 UEFA Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/11\/2015 <strong>&#8211; Barcelona<\/strong> 5 x 4 Sevilla \u2013 Messi (2 goals)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2015 Spanish Super Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/14\/2015 \u2013 Athletic Bilbao 4 x 0 Barcelona<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">08\/17\/2015 \u2013 Barcelona 1 x 1 <strong>Athletic Bilbao<\/strong> \u2013 Messi (1 goal)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">24 finals<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">16 finals won (66.66%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8 finals lost (33.33%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">30 games<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">17 wins (60%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5 draws (16.66%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8 losses (33.33%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goals for \u2013 56 (1.86 per game)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goals against \u2013 36 (1.12 per game)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\u2019s goals &#8211; 23 (0.76 per game). 41.07\u00a0% of his team&#8217;s goals\u00a0and 25%\u00a0of total goals scored).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hat-tricks \u2013 1 (3.33%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Games with at least 2 goals \u2013 6 (20%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Games with at least 1 goal \u2013 16 (53.33%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Games without scoring \u2013 14 (46,66%)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As expected, because of their immense talent, they both have impressive numbers. However, Pele was more regular in finals than Messi. His teams won more and lost less (only one defeat in a decisive final game with \u201cO Rei\u201d on field), and he\u00a0also used to score goals in most finals games (including for Brazil, while \u201cLa Pulga\u201d has yet to score for Argentina). Furthermore, the Brazilian, incredibly, has not scored only once in a final decisive game (only final game or second leg match); the Argentinian, 10 times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides\u00a0a considerably greater goal average,\u00a0Pele also edges Messi with\u00a0a small advantage in regard to the percentage of his team\u2019s goals and of total scored in games (a more fair comparison since more goals was scored in Pele&#8217;s era).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, we can see how the two most dominant players in football history were\/are also devastating in the great finals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next, charts comparing both great players.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1057\" src=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teams.jpg\" alt=\"teams\" width=\"828\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teams.jpg 828w, https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teams-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/teams-816x367.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/solo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056\" src=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/solo.jpg\" alt=\"solo\" width=\"824\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/solo.jpg 824w, https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/solo-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/solo-816x365.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/lang\/pt\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"pt_BR\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"blogdootavio\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Pele%20and%20Messi%20in%20finals\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/lang\/pt\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"pt_BR\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"blogdootavio\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Pele%20and%20Messi%20in%20finals\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED VERSION POSTED IN 10\/10\/2023 In another post from the \u201cPel\u00e9 and Messi, a comparison between two geniuses\u201d series, I now review their performance in finals. Logically, it will only be counted official and knockout style tournaments: Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Champion\u2019s League, FIFA World Club Cub, Copa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/lang\/pt\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"pt_BR\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"blogdootavio\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Pele%20and%20Messi%20in%20finals\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[5,4,7,78,3,2,8,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2558,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions\/2558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}