The winner of this year’s prestigious Ballon d’Or award is set to be announced next week, and Kaka is the odds-on favourite to win the prize.
“Kaka is one of the most exciting and important players of a generation,” Rivera told Sky Calcio.
“But Pirlo is a player who has consistently achieved great things and I would say that he is just as good.”
Rivera, who won the Golden Ball in 1969 after a mesmerising performance in the European Cup final against Ajax, also spoke about Serie A’s referees.
Juventus and Milan have been particularly damning of the officiating after having numerous costly decisions go against them this season.
“The fact that sides like Milan are complaining is positive because it means that they are human errors,” the original ‘Golden Boy’ claimed.
“I remember the 1971-72 season when we lost the title due to a very debatable penalty.
“It was the final straw and at the end of the game I made some strong accusations that earned me a ban for two months.“There will always be mistakes and we need to avoid reading anything into them.”
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