Not his biggest fan, far from it, but a huge loss for the beautiful game.
Diego Maradona has died | 1960 – 2020
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Amazing that he wracked up such financial debt given he's been living in their head rent free for almost 35 years.
Tell me what it says about me. Give me an in depth opinion based on one line of text in a forum.
I have never drug binged, cheated at work or cheated in my personal life, so am not going to pretend I hold him as some kind of saint because he could kick a football. If however, that is what you hold as an example of a human being, then does that not say a lot about you too?
You know whenever the awful day comes and Fergie pops his clogs this place is going to be a right mess. There's going to thousands of people traveling from all over world to Old Trafford just to pay their respect all for a guy they hardly knew.
There's a reason why football is the most popular sport in the world and it's partly down to people like Maradonna.
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And he would have been off the pitch too.
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No one is calling him a paragon of virtue so give it a rest
Yeah because none of our favorite players ever fell easily in and around the box that eventually resulted in a goal. Diego is the only footballer who ever got a goal by cheating.
I watched my first WC in 86. Fantastic WC tournament. And started training football seriously after having seen Maradona excel. He was art in football. He had his flaws but I loved him. For me he will always be no.1 and the one that inspired me most in life. I do not understand it but he did. Maybe it was because he was a person that struggled, had flaws and made mistakes but never stopped smiling at the same time as he painted wonders with his magical footbal skills. R.I.P.
Wonder if Joe Jordan or Thierry Henry will get the same treatment when they go to the big football pitch in the sky.
When a mod tells me to give it a rest because of something I post, I will listen.
exactly, I, as an argentinian and a maradona fan, i'm very well impressed by the response that the world has given to his demise
Guys who 'wont will never forgive him', call him out for having a troublesome life (I wonder who is their favorite footballer, maybe some saint) or tell others to give it a rest with emotional stuff are just seeking for attention. Dont feed them, leave them be to live their miserable lives.
Why do we watch football other than being too emotional over it sometimes, crazily happy or incredibly sad. Something its a bit pathetic but thats what football is about, emotions and big drama, it isnt about just 'kicking a ball'. So I wonder what are people who think of it like that even doing here other than trying to act smart and like a some kind of moral experts.
Why do we watch football other than being too emotional over it sometimes, crazily happy or incredibly sad. Something its a bit pathetic but thats what football is about, emotions and big drama, it isnt about just 'kicking a ball'. So I wonder what are people who think of it like that even doing here other than trying to act smart and like a some kind of moral experts.
I pretty soon found out I wouldn't become Maradona but it didn't stop me from going out and having as much fun as I could playing for years after. Love the guy and just thinking about my youth and watching Maradona just gives me the chills. Absolutely love the guy.I'll add to that. I was 14 and didn't particularly like playing football before Mexico 86. That changed straight away and since then I've played football nearly every week for the last 34 years (thankfully no injuries). It's all because of him.
The same game in which Linekar tried it and it didn’t go in?
Yup. Unforgivable as some nuts put it.
As I'm Irish, I should probably be more annoyed by it but I honestly don't think I'm all that bothered by Thierry's skullduggery anymore. When his name comes up it's not something that springs to mind.
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As I am English, neither of the incidents means a thing to me.
Asking me to decode your words (before telling me more than I actually wanted to know anyway), suggests you think you're some unknowable enigma - the lone voice of reason. And not just yet another petty, joyless troll who desperately wants to be noticed.
The guy was a brilliant footballer who brought joy to millions. His lifestyle doesn't change that.
Jesus
I won't lie, after the English media kept going on and on about the handball for years and even decades I often wondered if England really had the mental capacity to ever win anything again. They came close in Euro 96 but not that close. And I am not at all surprised we haven't won anything and probably won't in my lifetime.The same game in which Linekar tried it and it didn’t go in?
You could say Maradona broke England, but he didn't really. England broke England.
Really? I don't really care about Henry's handball and would never hold one moment like that against when discussing Henry and the joy he brought everyone but it is the very first thing that comes to mind when I see Henry being mentioned and is probably his most famous moment in football, granted infamous.
Very sad day. If I had to choose one player to watch, it would probably be Maradona. On his day he was like Ronaldinho, R9 and Messi packed into one player. He's like the embodiment of everything exciting about football.
Oh no. Bet he wouldn't have done it if he knew you would never forgive him.
Penalty shootout away from facing Maradona again, this time in the final in 1990.
Definately the GOAT. No player could acheive what he did at Napoli. He transformed the club single-handed through what he did on the pitch. Won 2 serie A titles for them and the Neapolitans treat him as a God. His no 10 shirt number has been declared sacred never to be worn again.
Lived more in one lifetime than most will do in ten.
The Sun (and others) continues to be a national embarrassment.
So much true. I still get shocked when I see classic games on Eurosport from 1980'ish competitions: players could basically almost break their opponents legs and not even a yellow card was shown
During those time I was a child (born in 81), so I couldn't really understand the seriousness of those nasty tackles. Footballers don't understand how lucky they are for having careers post late 90's, where rules become much more tough on violent players.
Vinnie Jones would probably be supended a whole season nowadays, not to metion Gocotxea aka the Bilbao Butcher who injured Maradona twice (a broken leg and a severe trauma)
Jesus! When I see those trainig facilities it makes laugh when I see nowadays footballers whine about lack of proper training and rest.
I fully understand why anybody in that England team would never forgive him. Maradona didn't owe anybody an apology and somebody like Shilton doesn't owe Maradona his respect, the abuse he's getting on social media is really quite odd.
Maybe live a little then?
I was a (relatively mediocre) football players on youth football back in the days, and I still remember playing on thin gravel fields (yes, believe or not, they were allowed back in the days). Whenever it rained you just needed to go to the ground to become a human walking giant bruise
Not to mention the official match balls back on the days: they felt heavy, tough, if you get one of those right in the face there were big chances you would pass out, and not to mention that when the ball got soaked with rain few were the players with enough courage to head a long ball before it bounced on the ground at least once .
I remember footballs back from 25 odd years ago. Not proper ones they used for professional football but black and white ones you could buy. They were like a medicine ball in hindsight.I was a (relatively mediocre) football players on youth football back in the days, and I still remember playing on thin gravel fields (yes, believe or not, they were allowed back in the days). Whenever it rained you just needed to go to the ground to become a human walking giant bruise
Not to mention the official match balls back on the days: they felt heavy, tough, if you get one of those right in the face there were big chances you would pass out, and not to mention that when the ball got soaked with rain few were the players with enough courage to head a long ball before it bounced on the ground at least once .
Imagine him on today’s pitches with the minimal contact that’s allowed today.
Yeah, his toughness and low centre of gravity would make him unplayable at times. Well I suppose we can see it in Messi.