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A love/hate relationship with the English who I seem to remember voted the infamous Hand of God goal the worst, and the same match's blistering run and finish a

A love/hate relationship with the English who I seem to remember voted the infamous Hand of God goal the worst, and the same match's blistering run and finish against them the best ever. Incredible talent, flawed man.

squarefoot 6y ago
That match was played in 1986, just 4 years after the Falklands short war between Argentina and England, and it was the first time the two national teams met after that war. For those involved it meant a lot more than a football match. RIP Dieguito. I saw him at least a couple times live at the stadium in the 80s; he was out of this world.
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trianglem 6y ago
I don’t know much about soccer from that era, why was he a flawed man?
- goshx 6y ago
  https://nypost.com/2019/09/26/how-cocaine-fame-and-the-mafia-destroyed-diego-maradona/ https://nypost.com/2019/09/26/how-cocaine-fame-and-the-mafia...
bulutsuzku 6y ago
England should overcome this. Argentina was stolen the World Cup Final in 1990 and 2014 and you don't see them crying all over the Internet
PaulRobinson 6y ago
I have a team mate from Argentina here in London. We were talking about Maradona a few weeks back. I thought when talking about him that if he showed up in London, there would be a mob around him, but it would be 50% people wanting his signature and selfies, and the other 50% would want to give him a piece of their mind about the Hand of God goal. He probably wouldn't have been safe in London. As a Man City supporter, I know my estimation of Aguero was dinted a little when I found out he was Maradona's son-in-law. Why? I remember that handball goal (it was not "the hand of god", it was deliberate handball), as being the moment in my childhood that I realised I could not trust some adults. Some adults - it became clear to me then - were dishonest. Even if they were brilliant, talented and otherwise seemingly worthy of respect, they were capable of cheating and not caring. To a young child (I was approaching my 8th birthday at the time), that was shocking to the core, and I cried, not just at England losing the game but that he - and an entire team, an entire country of adults - had cheated and felt fine with it. Part of my childhood ended with that goal. I know I'm not alone. I would have been in the group wanting a selfie though.
- pyman 6y ago
  Imagine how the Argentines felt when they saw the English team kicking Maradona, trying to hurt him and break his legs during the match, knowing it was a one man team. My point is, in football no one expects you to like your opponents. So there's nothing wrong with not liking Maradona :)

squarefoot 6y ago

That match was played in 1986, just 4 years after the Falklands short war between Argentina and England, and it was the first time the two national teams met after that war. For those involved it meant a lot more than a football match. RIP Dieguito. I saw him at least a couple times live at the stadium in the 80s; he was out of this world.

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trianglem 6y ago

I don’t know much about soccer from that era, why was he a flawed man?

goshx 6y ago
https://nypost.com/2019/09/26/how-cocaine-fame-and-the-mafia-destroyed-diego-maradona/ https://nypost.com/2019/09/26/how-cocaine-fame-and-the-mafia...

bulutsuzku 6y ago

England should overcome this. Argentina was stolen the World Cup Final in 1990 and 2014 and you don't see them crying all over the Internet

PaulRobinson 6y ago

I have a team mate from Argentina here in London. We were talking about Maradona a few weeks back. I thought when talking about him that if he showed up in London, there would be a mob around him, but it would be 50% people wanting his signature and selfies, and the other 50% would want to give him a piece of their mind about the Hand of God goal. He probably wouldn't have been safe in London. As a Man City supporter, I know my estimation of Aguero was dinted a little when I found out he was Maradona's son-in-law. Why? I remember that handball goal (it was not "the hand of god", it was deliberate handball), as being the moment in my childhood that I realised I could not trust some adults. Some adults - it became clear to me then - were dishonest. Even if they were brilliant, talented and otherwise seemingly worthy of respect, they were capable of cheating and not caring. To a young child (I was approaching my 8th birthday at the time), that was shocking to the core, and I cried, not just at England losing the game but that he - and an entire team, an entire country of adults - had cheated and felt fine with it. Part of my childhood ended with that goal. I know I'm not alone. I would have been in the group wanting a selfie though.

pyman 6y ago
Imagine how the Argentines felt when they saw the English team kicking Maradona, trying to hurt him and break his legs during the match, knowing it was a one man team. My point is, in football no one expects you to like your opponents. So there's nothing wrong with not liking Maradona :)