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RIP Diego.
A God on the football pitch, all too human off it.
A God on the football pitch, all too human off it.
It’s a superb photo. Completely misleading though
I don't know why tbh. I don't care about his life, i don't care about napoli, i just don't care - even if there's an interesting story, i have many other interesting stories i could crack on with. It may just be the reverse of people who say i don't like football but found this interesting. To me, it ends with him on the pitch - and he was beyond amazing. Not the slightest inclination to learn anymore. Sounds weird now i say it.
I have esp noted napoli people saying stuff about helping them bringing about self-repsect then the next step of them then demanding respect of others. Not just in football of course.The football bits in Italian stadiums are worth watching for a different level of fan hatred (Napoli being hated for being southern and poor - and for being victims of typhus from decades back). And the football on the pitch. Hadn't quite appreciated before what he did for Napoli. And just how much your star needs to rise (or something) to become useful to the Mafia.
I don't know why tbh. I don't care about his life, i don't care about napoli, i just don't care - even if there's an interesting story, i have many other interesting stories i could crack on with. It may just be the reverse of people who say i don't like football but found this interesting. To me, it ends with him on the pitch - and he was beyond amazing. Not the slightest inclination to learn anymore. Sounds weird now i say it.
And a different level of fan adoration too. My mother used to go on about the hatred of many Northern Italians for the Southern (her mother was from the South and this stuff persisted over here) and I always thought she was exaggerating. This did make me wonder if she wasn't so much.The football bits in Italian stadiums are worth watching for a different level of fan hatred (Napoli being hated for being southern and poor - and for being victims of typhus from decades back). And the football on the pitch. Hadn't quite appreciated before what he did for Napoli. And just how much your star needs to rise (or something) to become useful to the Mafia.
He was certainly the best player i ever saw - i can't talk for pele etc as never saw live. I think he is better than messi as he wasn't always surrounded by world class players, he had to drag so many teams into greatness - which he did time after time. Whilst being a dick.
He dragged two ordinary teams to glory. That sets him apart from the likes of Pele and Messi, imo. Ronaldo did it with one team.
We all have our faultsIt's a shame he was a drugs cheat, and a general cheat on the field. Not to mention his tax dodging, threatening people with guns and throwing his toys out of the pram when he didn't get voted the all time number one player by FIFA.
I am absolutely certain that there is no-one in Argentina who would agree with you. He was a living god there.Sad news, and a great player, but three days of national mourning for him is crazy.
That's the thing though - neither team had any really god players, bar Maradona. Naples weer a nothing team without him. Argentina '86 had Valdano and a clapped-out, once great Passarella., plus burruchaga was a willing runner, Argentina '90 had Caniggia. And that was literally it. The rest were average - to put it mildly.He was brilliant but the teams (and let's not forget he had to have DECENT players around him at least, and Argentina in 1986 had some very good players) he played with were all set up around him.
I am absolutely certain that there is no-one in Argentina who would agree with you. He was a living god there.
It's understandable but not communicable. The idiots.He was, but like all gods the amount of respect he gets is crazy and not understandable to anyone outside the faith.
He evaded the drugs testers by use of a plastic penis and a fake bladder filled with somebody else’s urine.
his fake penis was put on display at a museum in Buenos Aires like a religious relic – and subsequently stolen on a nationwide tour.
It's the sort of photo that looks like it has a perfect symmetry, with the inverted triangle. Then you look again and you notice Maradona himself seems to be spoiling that symmetry. But ah, no, you were right first time - it's the ball at the point of the triangle that persuades you are seeing something balanced.
Wasn't there some sort of fix where Maradona won the public vote but FIFA decided it had to be Pele so an additional jury vote was added at the eleventh hour? Or something like that. I remember it being a controversy.It's a shame he was a drugs cheat, and a general cheat on the field. Not to mention his tax dodging, threatening people with guns and throwing his toys out of the pram when he didn't get voted the all time number one player by FIFA.