maniac Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) one of the most iconic sportsmen when I was growing up. Legend RIP https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1364575/Diego-Maradona-dead-Argentina-football-legend-brain-surgery https://sports.ndtv.com/football/football-legend-diego-maradona-dies-2330223?pfrom=home-topscroll Edited November 25, 2020 by maniac Jimmy Cliff, Real McCoy and I6MTW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Oh Man ! 2020 is still going down the drain. Hand of God strikes! RIP Edited November 25, 2020 by coffee_rules I6MTW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Damn. Damn. Damn. He was my absolute all-time favorite footballer, bar none. I was a teenager when he won the 1986 WC with his incomparable magic. He led the most complicated life of any athlete and battled all kinds of demons his whole life. I watched Asif Kapadia's documentary about his rise and fall from grace ... just stunningly sad. RIP, the greatest that ever was. maniac, Gollum and I6MTW 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Damned double post Edited November 25, 2020 by BacktoCricaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maniac Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 To be honest with all those health problems and insane drug consumption it’s a miracle he made it to 60 but still a very big loss to the world of sports nevertheless. Ranvir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin 3:!6 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Oh God....terrible news. RIP legend :(Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Shocked, RIP. GOAT footballer, and among top 5 sportsmen of all time in most people's books. 1986 and 1990 WCs were the greatest one-man shows in the history of any sport. And what he did for Napoli was unearthly. Remember the reception he got in Kolkata a few years back, no Bengali/Indian icon would have got such a welcome. Ruled the hearts of even those who never saw him live. PK, Chuni, Maradona all gone in 2020, 3 favorite sons of Kolkata...two homegrown and one adopted. Real McCoy, I6MTW and BacktoCricaddict 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Edited November 25, 2020 by BacktoCricaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Same day in 2005 George Best passed away....greatest to never play a WC. Tattieboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Greatest sporting moment of all time surely...WC QF 1986 vs England, what a genius, what a showman!!!!! For him and many of his countrymen this was revenge for defeat in Falklands War. Most controversial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 One thing I remember from the documentary was that he was Neapolitan more than he was Argentinian. He took an impoverished city that was looked down upon by everyone and won them championships. His biggest moments of glory came from those accomplishments. But he was bewildered when they started hating on him in 1990 when he led Argentina to a win against Italy in freakkin Napoli. He was also sucked into the Italian mafia and could never get out of their clutches. They launched his glory and plotted his downfall. One of the most complicated stories ever. Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Some English folks celebrating his death on SM and in comments sections of websites, mental scars still fresh, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Gollum said: Greatest sporting moment of all time surely...WC QF 1986 vs England, what a genius, what a showman!!!!! For him and many of his countrymen this was revenge for defeat in Falklands War. Most controversial Eff the hand of god goal. That other one where he weaved his way through every Pom on the field was alone worth 3 goals and more than made up for the Hand of god goal. I went many years as a youngster arguing vehemently (even though I knew reality in my head) that his hand never touched the ball. Watch the Belgium ones from the 1986 SF. Just unearthly stuff. Edited November 25, 2020 by BacktoCricaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) 1990 final saw biased refereeing against Argentina, fraud penalty which Germany converted, ARG played with 9 (2 sent off) against 11(+ref) and even before that most of their main players were suspended or out injured. Maradona deserved to win that WC as well, controlled the game singlehandedly. Edited November 25, 2020 by Gollum BacktoCricaddict 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Gollum said: 1990 final saw some biased refereeing against Argentina, they played with 9 (2 sent off) against 11(+ref) and even before that most of their main players were suspended or out injured. Maradona deserved to win that WC as well, controlled the game singlehandedly. Without a doubt. He owned that whole WC too. Playing with a sore ankle and inflamed foot from the round of 16 onwards, he braved it out. He made the winning penalty kick against Italy in Naples. Then was robbed in the final. That was the beginning of the end. Edited November 25, 2020 by BacktoCricaddict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Gollum said: Some English folks celebrating his death on SM and in comments sections of websites, mental scars still fresh, Choo .... tee ....... haas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riya Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Such an incomparable iconic sportsperson...One of the greatest of all time..So shocking.,May his soul rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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