RIP Diego Maradona

World Football
#21

Holy shit!

RIP to the GOAT.

Fuck all the rest. Maradona was the best

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#22

Pal, can you send the link out?

Thanks

By the way, he is always THE BEST for me.

#23

When you think about it, he did marvelous to reach the age he did when you think of the lifestyle choices his fortune allowed him to indulge in.

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#24

Wow just saw this thatā€™s crazy rip an icon

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#25

Definitely big news to drag you away from politics, mate :wink:

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#26

The Greatest player to ever grace the game. He was my dadā€™s favorite player but retired just as I started following the game but seeing his replays, he was unbelievable. R.I.P :pray: :pray:

#27

R.I.P

#28

Itā€™s on YouTube Ron. Just put in Diego Maradona film.

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#29

ok, thanks

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#30

R. I. P

Titan of the game and 60 is still young, leaves behind one of the true unparalleled legacies in football.

Respect Diego.

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#31

He was just the fucking best. There is no debate about his greatness. As much as I consider Messi the best on longevity, I donā€™t think anybody will ever be able to duplicate what Maradona did at his peak.

I could watch this titan of the game play a thousand times and never get bored of what he could do with the ball at his feet. To be so great against legendary defenders, and to be so dominant in a sport that was so far from being the uneven sport that it is today is mesmerising.

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#32

He was 60.

My favorite player as a kid. Could put the ball on a dime anywhere on the pitch.

Incredible WC in '86 and absolutely carried Argentina to the '90 Final despite being injured.

RIP, Diego. You were the man and in the top 5 all-time, imo.

EDIT: If you havenā€™t seen it, the HBO documentary on Diego is entertaining.

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#33

People have dined out for years on his appearance at world cups and crazy lifestyle . I just see an incredibly sad man.

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#34

Yep. Itā€™s actually upsetting that you could genuinely see that he was lost and empty in every public appearance but people loved it. He was Hollywood until the end.

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#35

Hopefully for a few days we can focus on his greatness. Be dominated here with the handball I suppose. Well tabloid wise.

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#36

The only player that I always afraid of, when playing against Germany.
RESPECT.

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#37

Did you see him at his peak bro?

#38

Tim Vickery reckons heā€™s a victims of the covid lockdowns, in that he lost the discipline that coaching a football team gave him and lost his way with the drinking.

#39

I started watching football in 1981, of course I did.
Thatā€™s why I said, he was and is the BEST.

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#40

Amazing man. Iā€™d love to know how he was viewed in Germany at the time? Throughout the 80s - was it unanimous that he was the best of the decade?