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Amazingly similar. I think it is better. Notice how the player that chases him does not slow the pace, but pushes on until he makes a failed attempt to break th
by mongol 6y ago
Amazingly similar. I think it is better. Notice how the player that chases him does not slow the pace, but pushes on until he makes a failed attempt to break the play. Speed seems faster too. A good illustration of evolution of the game. Of course, we don't know if Maradona would still have scored with more effort from the English defense, maybe he would. In any case, two great goals.
- cambalache 6y agoOne was against Getafe in almost-meaningless copa del rey game, the other was against England in a Quarter final game in the WC. Night and day.
- kshmir 6y agoAnd 4 years after a war were we lost a bunch of kids lives. That day he became a legend to Argentina.
- cambalache 6y agoOf course, but I didnt want to open that magic lamp of politics
- usaphp 6y agoI think he is comparing the technical difficulty of a goal, not the context when it was scored.
- cambalache 6y agoI dont know if you have played football or are a fan, but the context is a great part of the difficulty of a goal, not only were his opponents better the stakes were sky-high. Players who regularly score in a normal game freeze when the do-or-die time comes. For all his brilliance Messi has never scored a goal in a decisive game in a WC, Maradona scored 4 in 2 games in 1986.
- xapata 6y agoAnd there was that moment Messi skied a penalty kick in ... what was it, the Copa América final? He announced his retirement the day after. Of course, retracted.
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- sien 6y agoThat England team was unlucky not to win something. They were very good. They lost to two eventual WC winners in a row in 1986 and 1990. They were the #1 ranked ELO team for a while in the late 1980s : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings#List_of_number-one_teams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings#Lis... Just as a note, I'm not English nor do I have English heritage and don't 'support' England.