Maradona dead?

RIP to a true great and an icon.

Unfortunately I’ve only seen highlights of him on the internet but from what I’ve seen, the pitches he played on, the opposition trying to kill him every game, what he did for Argentina & Napoli and what I hear from older people/footballers I think he was probably the best ever and definitely the most iconic player in the history of football.

If you’ve not seen the film ‘Maradona’ then watch it. Absolutely brilliant. I didn’t think too much of him prior to watching but what a man he was.

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What goes around comes around.
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Wtf


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He was a cheat, same as Thierry Henry.
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Absolute weirdo you mate, disrespecting someone who's just died because he cheated whilst playing a literal game
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I don't wish anyone dead, but he won't be missed by me.
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And you won't be missed on the United threads you disrespectful piece of chit.

Jesus wept, what’s this all aboot? Henry? Maradona?
So Their legacy should be marked with an asterisk because of a one time high profile incident?

So on the whole ‘Cheating’ thing.. I’m gonna assume you don’t have the same energy for players that do it week in week out? They are just cheeky little beggars I suppose.
We see it every week, doesn’t it fit into the same category?
But I guess a rainy mid week league game, doesn’t count.
No, it doesn’t tarnish their legacy.

I do think the Maradona handball came as a bit of a culture shock in England, where some forms of cheating were far more commonly accepted back then than others. It's still true to an extent today, but I think it's far less scorned upon than it used to be.

I also remember thinking at the time that it would have been much less likely for Maradona to score his second goal against any other team. England, and Fenwick especially, were pretty dirty in that game for their own standards, but other teams were far, far more cynical than them and would have acted more decisively to hack Maradona down far earlier in the move.

Maradona probably tried to cheat less than most footballers by at least trying to stay on his feet when getting attacked again and again.

Maradona is lying in state,watching Argentina fans file past it looks like everybody in Argentina has turned up to to pay their respects

Didn't G.Best also die on the 25th of November?

comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
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I do think the Maradona handball came as a bit of a culture shock in England, where some forms of cheating were far more commonly accepted back then than others. It's still true to an extent today, but I think it's far less scorned upon than it used to be.

I also remember thinking at the time that it would have been much less likely for Maradona to score his second goal against any other team. England, and Fenwick especially, were pretty dirty in that game for their own standards, but other teams were far, far more cynical than them and would have acted more decisively to hack Maradona down far earlier in the move.
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I agree on both points - the handball is more accepted in the erm latino based countries where the dark arts get you revered.

I remember Suarez in the world cup punching the ball off his own line saving a certain goal, in the hope his keeper would save the pen.

The second goal - vs Italy or Germany they'd have wiped him out and took the booking for the team, Peter Reid jogged back alongside him for the duration of that run

Well, sort of, Reid kinda gave up halfway through, and thought ‘yeh, Fenwicks got this, I’m fooking knackered’
Now Diego has gone, Peter might have a chance of finally catching him up.....

I doubt it.

Just saw a funny story on Twitter about Terry Butcher when he was part of George Burleys coaching staff for the Scotland team. They played Argentina in a friendly in 2008 when Maradona was managing them.
In the build up to the game Butcher was asked about Maradona to which he replied that he would never forgive him for 1986 etc
When asked for his response Maradona asked who was Terry Butcher