When it comes to men’s soccer, every generation has its contenders for the best ever to play the game. Before, there was Pelé, then Diego Maradona. For the last two decades, it’s been Lionel Messi and ...

More often than not, it is the exciting, technically gifted flair players who take the glory, at all levels of football. They are the guys with the fancy tricks and skills, the close control and ...