There's always exceptions to the rule , but it's hard not to think that way when all the mainstream media in Britain reported his death in the same way apart from the bit I seen of Gary Linekar which was a great tribute.
My work whatsapp group has 3 English guys, myself and 2 Scotsmen. It's only the English guys who have been putting up the jokes and slagging Maradona off for whatever he did outside of football.
In General chat there have been posts removed from the thread because a section of people can't contain themselves.
Sad news to hear about his passing.....what a genius player he was despite how troubled he was. The Diego Maradona film is well worth a watch as it shows a lot of the issues he had which I really believe would not happen today if he was playing now. He'd be much better protected and not taken advantage of.
To me he's like a rock star from the 70's/80's.......undoubted genius, brought joy to millions, but caught up in drugs and alcohol and misbehaviour which was also part of the enigma/persona. Today you don't get rock stars like that anymore.....same with Maradona. RIP tortured genius
Of the hundred's of millions of people who have ever kicked a ball around with their friends, this man was in the top 2 of all time.
How a football fan can disrespect that is beyond me.
Of the hundred's of millions of people who have ever kicked a ball around with their friends, this man was in the top 2 of all time.
How a football fan can disrespect that is beyond me.
For me, Maradona was the greatest of all time
Yes you could argue about Messi and Ronaldo going for longer and more sustained in a more competitive era. And Pele is Pele. But Maradona had magic.
In the 86 world cup all you wanted to see was him on the ball.
Forget the rest of the Argentinian team.
They were just there to pass the ball to him and let him do his magic
And they were happy with that
As youngster he made you sit on the edge of your seat.
Twisting and turning and bristling with speed with a very low centre of gravity he just forced your attention.
Doesn't matter which country you supported, you always tuned in to the Argentina game
What a football legend