{"id":366756,"date":"2011-04-04T18:15:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/i-was-better-than-messi-ghana-legend-polo\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T18:15:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:15:04","slug":"i-was-better-than-messi-ghana-legend-polo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/i-was-better-than-messi-ghana-legend-polo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8221;I Was Better Than Messi&#8221;- Ghana Legend Polo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Ex-Ghana star Mohammed Ahmed \u2018Polo\u2019 claims he was far better than Lionel Messi during his playing days for club and country.<\/p>\n<p>Polo, affectionately called \u201cThe Dribbling Magician\u201d, credits Messi for his super human football skills but insists those who saw him will attest that I was head and shoulders above him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe for instance, I was such a good player on the ball than even Lionel Messi, I could do many things with the ball that he cannot do now. I watch him play regularly and hear people saying he is the best footballer of all time but I disagree and hope most people who watched me will also do same,\u201d Polo told Sunyani-based Dinpa FM<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe tend to hype footballers too much nowadays and I can tell you if we had got this kind of hype during our time then Messi would have been now here near me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polo was part of the 1978 Ghana squad that won the Nations Cup on home soil and a member of Heart of Oak\u2019s \u201cFearsome Fivesome\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also played for Dubai-based Al Wasl in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_312-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|View the original here|More|More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Continued here|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original article|Originally posted here|Visit site|See the original post||See the original article here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the article|See more here|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|Taken from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|Continue Reading|See the article here|Read this article|View article|<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ex-Ghana star Mohammed Ahmed \u2018Polo\u2019 claims he was far better than Lionel Messi during his playing days for club and country. Polo, affectionately called \u201cThe Dribbling Magician\u201d, credits Messi for his super human football skills but insists those who saw him will attest that I was head and shoulders above him. \u201cMe for instance, I was such a good player on the ball than even Lionel Messi, I could do many things with the ball that he cannot do now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;&#039;I Was Better Than Messi&#039;&#039;- Ghana Legend Polo - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/i-was-better-than-messi-ghana-legend-polo-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"&#039;&#039;I Was Better Than Messi&#039;&#039;- Ghana Legend Polo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ex-Ghana star Mohammed Ahmed \u2018Polo\u2019 claims he was far better than Lionel Messi during his playing days for club and country. 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