Diego Maradona passes away aged 60

Best player ever imo. Took a bottom team in Napoli to Scudetti winner.

Led Argentina to gold in 1986, which Messi had failed to do.
 
RIP

One of the most famous and naturally gifted athletes ever.

The documentary on him that was released last year was really well done

 
Better than Pelé and I'm Brazilian.
It's a shame he died so early but it's probably a consequence of his crazy life.
RIP


2020 is fucking bananas.
 
Damn, RIP to the Legend

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Amazing balance, low centre of gravity,ball control, bursts of pace he had it all a true sporting legend made a pretty average napoli side amazing rip genius.
 
The most epic and passionate footballer ever, inside and outside the pitch. What he did for Argentina after the Malvinas war can't never be repeated. As a Barça fan, really a shame he left so fast. Staying at Barça would have made his club career much better.






Not a fan of this type of music, but this song is melted in my brain since my childhood.

Gracias por todo, Diego.
 
longdi said:
rip
messi is slightly better thanks to modern training but maradona was a big personality.
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Disagree messi is great but maradona won world cup almost single handedly back when flair players werent protected like they are now you could actually tackle full blooded then.
 
2020.....

Kobe Bryant
Cliff Robinson
Alex Trebek
Sean Connery
Chadwick Boseman
Eddie Van Halen
Regist Philbin
Peter Green
Rep. John Lewis
Grant Imahara
Kelly Preston
Fred Willard
Jerry Stiller
Kenny Rogers
Kirk Douglas
Riley Gale
Diego Maradona
..........

RIP
 
Prison Mike said:
Disagree messi is great but maradona won world cup almost single handedly back when flair players werent protected like they are now you could actually tackle full blooded then.
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tbf modern training means messi dont have as much space as maradona used to get.
imo messi has better ball control and better training methods available to him.
 
One of the true greats of football. Arguably the greatest player to grace the beautiful game.

RIP, a true legend.
 
Prison Mike said:
Disagree messi is great but maradona won world cup almost single handedly back when flair players werent protected like they are now you could actually tackle full blooded then.
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Yeah the defenders at that time were much tough. A lot. To take a red card you had to murder the opponent, basically... also Maradona suffered some injuries
 
My friend told me this via SMS today and I was like, "WHO THE FUCK DID YOU SAY DIED??"

I had no love for the man and I got interested in football when he was at the end of his playing career, but there's no belittling his legend. When he took part in a charity match about 5 years ago I saw him running with the ball and went, "Hey, that guy runs like Maradona... wait... holy shit, it IS Maradona!". His stride was so unique, immediately recognizable even at 50+ years old.

He did too much shit in his life for me to be actually sad at the news, but his name will be a symbol of football and Argentina forever.
 
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