Catch them while you can: Messi and Ronaldo will not be around for ever
(The Guardian Sports News)

Seeing a great player in person has an elemental magic - make it a must to see these two in their primeTo a 70s kid the sense of awe even to meet anyone who had seen Pelé or Eusébio or Johan Cruyff play was overwhelming. Just imagine that ... watching such players in the flesh ... in front of their own eyes. Some people of my parents´ generation had attended the 1966 World Cup in England, so every now and again a football conversation would turn in the direction of the greats and these lucky souls would not be able to contain their welling satisfaction as they piped up: `I saw Pelé play.`It was jaw-dropping stuff. For us kids Pelé´s legend mainly existed in books and magazines, short clips on a football programme every now and again, or a montage every four years when it was World Cup time. The mystique about his genius shimmered in a particular way because so much was left to our imagination. Names like Garrincha, Puskas, Di Stéfano somehow felt more fantastical than real. Continue reading...