Benfica coach Jorge Jesus has had a dig at Barcelona star Lionel Messi while paying tribute to Diego Maradona.
Maradona passed away at the age 60 last week after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Paying tribute, Jorge Jesus said: “Maradona was the best player in history, along with Pelé. Pelé is still here, he’s alive. Maradona was the greatest, not only because of what he was as a genius and a player, but because of the way he acted. That marked for me the difference.
“He was a world best, but he had a passion for the game, he was born to be a footballer, he was born with everything. He is not a worked product, he was born that way. Love, all the feeling he had with the ball.
“Today, among the two best in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo has a little bit of that, Messi has nothing. He has no passion at all.
“Messi is a great player. But we are talking about what life and feeling are like, having a passion for the game and football. I think Maradona was even outstanding in relation to the others.”
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