Sorry hilts, i should pay more attention, same reply!
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If the people who are calling him a cheat because of his hand ball goal against England they’re talking through their arse, drug taking issues are another matter but anyone who’s played football at any level who’s not been involved in or scored a dodgy goal and not put their hands up and told the ref to disallow it is a cheat as well. It’s up to the officials and if they award a goal any player worth his salt will take it all day long. I’ve often wondered how the English press would have reacted had, say, Gascoigne been awarded a similar goal, The Sun would have revelled in a ‘Ave That, Gazza Hands It To ‘Em’ type headline, as would the other tabloids. Great, great player, a character of the like football needs more of.
Loved Maradona, read a number of books on him. ‘ El Diego’ being my favourite just for how he describes vaccinating the English.
Have you visited Naples? Interesting place, how they idolise Maradona is quite something. They see him as representing their city, the poor and he was basically the rebel pissing all over the Northern establishment.
Gary Lineker's take on it, not fit to lace Maradona's boots.
https://news.sky.com/story/maradona-...f-god-12142144
Maradona dead: Tributes paid to football legend as Lineker hopes he will 'find some comfort in the hands of God'
The foul
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CaEbB78GLyA
Spanish Cup Final 1984
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qqm--c6ZBo
Deep mistrust and resentment of Northern Italy and rightly so. Maradona even asked the Neapolitans to support Argentina over Italy in 1990 World Cup semi final due to the animosity.
Well worth a visit Naples, vibrant, wild and energetic. The whole place can seem like chaos. The surrounding area is stunning too.
Genius on the pitch, fruitcake off it.
RIP
I’m not over exaggerating when I say Maradona seemed to represent the psyche of Naples.
It’s a little different from the polished Northern cities of Milan, Turin and Florence.
When asked about his career if he had any regrets .........
He said.........
Only one .........
'I often think how good I could have been if I never took drugs' 🤣🤣🤣
Didn't fourfourtwo rank him as the best footballer of all time?
His story is a little tragic but a lot more triumphant.
I think the Kapadia Film also strikes that balance.
Ultimately he was a likeable Anti-Hero that was in my eyes at least the greatest football player that I have ever seen.
A vulnerable larger than life genius who snorted coke like a rock star, paid the price for it...but will always have a tremendous legacy.
The best ever in my humble opinion.
On a side note, there must be some sort of link as to how lots of geniuses in all fields, who have bundles of natural talent, also suffer from depression and inner demons.
Maradona George Best, Alex Higgins, Ronnie O’Sullivan Robin Williams Vincent Van Gough Sludge, to name but a few.
The English hate him so he’s fine by me. They tend to forget he scored one of the best goals you’re likely to see in the very same game.
RIP Diego.
What a brilliant player. Easily one of the very best.
RIP Diego.
How fitting (and ironic) that this month’s 442 has an eleven page article on him, it’s almost as if they knew.
Talented player undoubtedly. Great player ? I don’t think so . There was only one greatest of them all and he was Brazilian. He didn’t need to cheat.
On another note, Peter Shilton writing an article and going on tv criticizing Maradona for a handball that happened 34 years ago less than 24 hours after he died shows what a small small man he is
It's like some of those English players think they would have won the World Cup in 1986 if it wasn't for Maradona. Yes, he cheated, but England were well-beaten that day. They didn't get into the game until the last 15 minutes when John Barnes came on. Then the small matter of West Germany in the final if they managed to get past Belgium. Bitter and delusional.