By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions. We in turn value your personal details in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Please log in or register. Registered visitors get fewer ads.
He was some player. When you see some of the 'tackles' defenders put in on him, most of which would be straight reds today, he was super talented.
Imagine if he was playing today, with VAR also protecting him from the off the ball stuff too.
Also very interesting how such a valuable asset was given so little protection from the media and often put his foot in it with them. it was a completely different footballing world then.
Watching the impact he made on his home country, it finally made sense to me why Ale Faurlin had the Maradonna tatoo.
I don’t get to the cinema much but I saw this at BAFTA last year. I was thinking it’ll probably be good but only in a sort of glorified Football Focus montage sort of way. As soon as the Giorgio Moroder track kicked in over the super-8 footage of him driving from the airport to the Napoli ground I was hooked. What a fantastic film. No exaggeration to compare the story to a Shakespeare play or a Greek Tragedy. When I left the cinema all I wanted to do was kick a football, snort quality beak, and shag prostitutes. I settled for a couple of pints of London Pride in the pub across the road with a mate.
Days later in my local explaining how engrossing the film was one of the regulars said, “How could you go and watch a film about that cheating sweaty corn-beef faced Argie c*nt!?” Well I was quite taken aback I can tell you. I guess Maradona’s a marmite character and yes that bloke does read The Sun.
ps: ah I forgot I was at that England Argentina game.
Excellent film. Even Mrs Kensalriser, who is about as interested in football as I am in the fortunes of the Chelsea Football Club junior tiddlywinks league, was engrossed.
Brilliant footballer, indisputably one of the best ever. Yes, a flawed character, but that's people. In the end I felt sad for him, the fame just chewed him up and spat him out. It was very poignant that he knew getting out of Napoli was best for him and a credit to him that when they wouldn't let him go he carried on putting in performances. That wouldn't happen today - when Ronaldo wanted to move, he moved.
The handball goal. So do we hate Marcus Bean too? Or all the other QPR players who've gained an advantage by cheating? No, we think it hilariously funny when the gain is ours.
Watched it in the cinema when it came out, thought it was excellent.
I'm too young to remember Mardonna in his prime, so most of what I've seen of him has been from highlights/documentaries over the years.
The 'hand of god' game has to be one of the greatest games ever despite England losing. Some of the hits he took were outrageous, and to then go and score the most infamous and greatest goals in one game...legendary status achieved right there!
Mardonna was tough in a way players aren't today and to still be able to play that way, wow.
All English supporters will hate him for that ''Hand of God'' moment. I certainly did. Most will then have forgotten about the other goal in that match that he scored - one of the best ever in any World Cup. I do think that he is the best players that I have ever seen, and arguably the best ever. An incredible conundrum of a guy. He hit the peaks as a player at Napoli. Dragged a pretty average team, game after game, over the line to win their first Serie A, practically single-handed with absolutely zero protection from referees - as it has been pointed out by several on this post - the punishment he took was pure brutality. He also was not a selfish player and was a great leader. Actually, that 1986 Argentina World Cup winning squad was pretty average too I think - it was Maradona that made the difference. Outside of the game he went completely off the rails as we know, and so many vultures took advantage of him. On the pitch - he contributed wonderfully to the beautiful game.
I went to a Copa Libertadores game at La Bombernera in 2003.
The atmosphere was electric, Boca fans singing nonstop throughout the first half. After a very brief pause when the ht whistle went, they realised Maradona was in the stadium, (I could see him from the opposite stand, a very big man at that time). They then went into an homage of songs to their 'god' and never stopped from then until after the final whistle.
It was a cracking game as well with great goals especially the opposition (Barcelona of Ecuador's consolation which made play of the day on CNN)
I missed it but always found this short video fascinating..
The story of CLaudio Gentille v Maradonna. italy v argentina 1982 world cup.
[Post edited 22 Mar 2020 14:36]
Just watched it on catch up. Diego Maradona, channel 4
I absolutely hated him as an 11year old. I have never felt more cheated in my life. I think that's the single biggest reason why I can't accept the dark arts. Cheating is cheating. I don't care about the cocaine, he took it to escape rather than cheat. He is without doubt, the greatest player I will ever see live. Even if it only was on TV
I was 7, wrong world cup. I've been thinking about the 90 one all day, beautiful
Just watched it on catch up. Diego Maradona, channel 4
I absolutely hated him as an 11year old. I have never felt more cheated in my life. I think that's the single biggest reason why I can't accept the dark arts. Cheating is cheating. I don't care about the cocaine, he took it to escape rather than cheat. He is without doubt, the greatest player I will ever see live. Even if it only was on TV
I was 7, wrong world cup. I've been thinking about the 90 one all day, beautiful
[Post edited 22 Mar 2020 22:14]
If you just judge him as a footballer on the pitch then Yes probably. maybe... Grrrrr the greatest.
Excellent film. Even Mrs Kensalriser, who is about as interested in football as I am in the fortunes of the Chelsea Football Club junior tiddlywinks league, was engrossed.
Brilliant footballer, indisputably one of the best ever. Yes, a flawed character, but that's people. In the end I felt sad for him, the fame just chewed him up and spat him out. It was very poignant that he knew getting out of Napoli was best for him and a credit to him that when they wouldn't let him go he carried on putting in performances. That wouldn't happen today - when Ronaldo wanted to move, he moved.
The handball goal. So do we hate Marcus Bean too? Or all the other QPR players who've gained an advantage by cheating? No, we think it hilariously funny when the gain is ours.
HUGE difference. Marcus Bean didn't intend to do it, he was falling over in the goalmouth when he made contact.
Still think Shilton should have taken the ball and then him and there would be no debate on the cheating. He should never have been out jumped by Maradonna even using a bent arm to gain an advantage.
Excellent film. Even Mrs Kensalriser, who is about as interested in football as I am in the fortunes of the Chelsea Football Club junior tiddlywinks league, was engrossed.
Brilliant footballer, indisputably one of the best ever. Yes, a flawed character, but that's people. In the end I felt sad for him, the fame just chewed him up and spat him out. It was very poignant that he knew getting out of Napoli was best for him and a credit to him that when they wouldn't let him go he carried on putting in performances. That wouldn't happen today - when Ronaldo wanted to move, he moved.
The handball goal. So do we hate Marcus Bean too? Or all the other QPR players who've gained an advantage by cheating? No, we think it hilariously funny when the gain is ours.
Strange how proportionally so many of the most gifted players are 'flawed characters'. Maybe it comes with the territory, some different way of thinking. I'unno...
Best, Gazza, Stan, Frank Worthington straight off the top of my head.
It’s difficult to measure Maradona against modern footballers as the overall quality, fitness etc has invariably improved.
But the conclusion I came to after watching the Maradona film is that he was a similar player to Messi (in terms of how much better he was than his peers) with a similar mindset to Ronaldo (Portuguese as opposed to Brazilian) in terms of his desire to win at all costs.
For example, I’m a big fan of Messi but can’t help but think that Maradona would’ve seen Argentina over the line if he’d been playing in the 2018 World Cup final.
Basically the complete player and the best of all time in my view.
Strange how proportionally so many of the most gifted players are 'flawed characters'. Maybe it comes with the territory, some different way of thinking. I'unno...
Best, Gazza, Stan, Frank Worthington straight off the top of my head.
So many, Gazza, Best, Taarabt, Maradona, Mike Tyson to name a few.
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.
