{"id":466941,"date":"2018-02-23T16:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/mohammed-polo-was-better-than-messi-je-sarpong\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:30:28","slug":"mohammed-polo-was-better-than-messi-je-sarpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/mohammed-polo-was-better-than-messi-je-sarpong\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammed Polo was better than Messi \u2013 JE Sarpong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/35444858.295.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic Polo\" title=\"Graphic Polo\" width=\"295\" height=\"217\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mohammed Ahmed Polo was part of the 1978 squad that won the Africa Cup<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519403428_245_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Ebusua Dwarfs Coach, J. E. Sarpong believes former Ghanaian international, Mohammed Ahmed Polo was better than Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine international is regarded as one of the best players on the planet due to his exploits to unlock defences and his attacking instinct.<\/p>\n<p>But veteran trainer Sarpong holds the view that even though Polo played mostly in Africa during his football days, he was a better player than the five-time FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confidently tell you that Mohammed Ahmed Polo is better than Lionel Messi,\u201d he told Accra FM.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cEven though there was no technology in Polo\u2019s era to determine an offside as compared to today, with the way he [Mohammed Polo] was playing, no player could have been compared to him if he should have played in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>He said\u201d Polo \u201cplayed mostly in Africa in his days and so the world couldn\u2019t see him properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo doubt that Messi is a good player but comparatively, Polo is better than Messi\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Ahmed Polo was part of the 1978 squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations held in Ghana and was popularly known as the Dribbling Magician.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Friday, 23 February 2018 Source: classfmonline.com 2018-02-23 Mohammed Ahmed Polo was part of the 1978 squad that won the Africa Cup Former Ebusua Dwarfs Coach, J. E. Sarpong believes former Ghanaian international, Mohammed Ahmed Polo was better than Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi. 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