Diego Armando Maradona 1960 - 2020

manofwisdom

A very sad day for football with such a legend passing away.

I have seen some outstanding players in action over the decades but none matched or was better than Maradona. His passion for the game was unreal and to this day he had God like followers whom no doubt will be totally heartbroken now. RIP

Mad_maxx

Eoinbmw wrote: »

The absolute greatest of all time RIP truly shocked!

amazed he lasted this long myself

no arguement about him being the absolute greatest , those who claim Messi is the greatest have not a clue , Diego was in his own category

McGinniesta

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Never knew he played here. Best I've seen is Ronaldo in Lansdowne (not fat Ronaldo).

https://www.the42.ie/diego-maradona-lansdowne-road-4321109-Nov2018/

Rothko

The Tetrarch wrote: »

I saw him play in Lansdowne Road.
Not bad. RIP.

Was I dreaming or did Eamon Dunphy say "This boy can't play"?

I don't think even Dunphy would say that.

The Tetrarch

I think he gets on the Heaven 11 the next time they play the Hell 11.

padd b1975

sydthebeat wrote: »

who would have though in 1997, when he retired, that he would be dead before Pele ???

Quite a few i would say.

Live fast die young.

McGinniesta

The Tetrarch wrote: »

I saw him play in Lansdowne Road.
Not bad. RIP.

Was I dreaming or did Eamon Dunphy say "This boy can't play"?

You're right.

He's criticised
1. Zinedine Zidane
2. Diego Maradona
3. John Giles
4. Liam Brady
5. Michel Platini
6. Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Tetrarch

Rothko wrote: »

I don't think even Dunphy would say that.

It might have been before the internet.

He wrote off Ronaldo as a cod. He once dismissed Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Isco as “three nothing players”.
Sergio Ramos was a headbanger and Thomas Muller a kid who won a competition at Tesco to play in the Champions League. :pac:

McGinniesta

Rothko wrote: »

I don't think even Dunphy would say that.

He did.

He once remarked that Diego Maradona wasnt a great player.

The Tetrarch

McGinniesta wrote: »

He did.
He once remarked that Diego Maradona wasnt a great player.

The true stamp of greatness - getting slagged off by Eamon Dunphy.

McGinniesta

The Tetrarch wrote: »

It might have been before the internet.

He wrote off Ronaldo as a cod. He once dismissed Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Isco as “three nothing players”.
Sergio Ramos was a headbanger and Thomas Muller a kid who won a competition at Tesco to play in the Champions League. :pac:

He said Didier Drogba was a bird brain.

He said that Stephen Gerrard was a nothing player.

He also said that Michel platini had no bottle

Thelonious Monk

Bobeagleburger

seamus wrote: »

I always found it bizarre how much the "hand of god" incident was applauded and celebrated in the football world as an iconic goal.

It was blatant cheating in front of a global audience and in the highest competition the sport has. It should have been vilified as a dismal failure of the officials and an alarm bell about how normalised cheating and foul play had become in the sport - anything goes so long as you can get away with it.

The other goal he scored in that game though, that was something else.

It was applauded in Ireland (and elsewhere) as it was against England :pac:

Gael23

That’s what 60 years of abusing your body does

Mysterypunter

sydthebeat wrote: »

who would have though in 1997, when he retired, that he would be dead before Pele ???

Who'd have thought he would see 60? Was never going to be one for the pipe and slippers, was still involved in the game, managed fairly unsuccessfully including the national team, who he did get to the world cup with a victory in Uruguay, but they were beaten 4-0 by Germany. He was Elvis like in his levels of fame, and few people would understand having to live life in the public eye at all times, and the pressure involved, famous people have short fuses sometimes and I can understand why. The most skillful player I have ever seen, and played in an era when defenders got away with a lot more skulduggery.

Bobeagleburger

Gael23 wrote: »

That’s what 60 years of abusing your body does

Doubt he was partying too hard as a toddler

Snickers Man

McGinniesta wrote: »

https://www.the42.ie/diego-maradona-lansdowne-road-4321109-Nov2018/

I was there too. One thing I remember is it was the days when photographers were allowed into the field of play or at least behind the goals so that they could snap the shots as they went in.

Usually, they would distribute themselves in equal numbers behind each goal. But that day, for some reason, as soon as they learned the result of the toss, they ALL without exception took up position behind the Irish goal.

Way to pull on the green jersey lads!

In the circumstances, we did well to lose by only one goal.

Bandana boy

RIP you little magician , I will always remember him fondly , he owned a world cup like no other player has done since.

TomSweeney

No!!!!!!!





































Is there any more chipsticks ?

Thelonious Monk

I'm getting quite emotional watching clips of him, haven't been like this since Sean Connery died. I suppose it feels like part of your childhood dying. I really need to stop caring about celebrity deaths!

Scoundrel

R.I.P Diego the greatest of all time and good socialist as well fitting he passed on Fidel's anniversary.

Iscreamkone

Those who love football will mourn our beautiful Diego.
He was an artist - our Rembrandt, Picasso and Van Gogh all rolled into one.
He wasn't afraid of the big teams or bully boys - just give him the ball and everything will fine.
Wherever football is played or talked about, the story of Diego Armando Maradona will be told.
Sleep well Diego you will never be forgotten xxx

WrenBoy

Packed a lot of living into those 60 years i'd say.
One of the special ones, never to be forgotten.

The Tetrarch

Snickers Man wrote: »

I was there too. One thing I remember is it was the days when photographers were allowed into the field of play or at least behind the goals so that they could snap the shots as they went in.

I don't want to rewrite history but I was sure that match was at the end of May 1979 (that 2018 article says May 1980) when Maradona was 18.

Tomaldo

Thanks for the memories God

BionicRasher

A must watch
https://youtu.be/fmTiuVQbJIE

Pasteur.

Someone post up a free kick from his Napoli days

He was amazing

The Tetrarch

"But Maradona had been to Dublin before.

In May 1979, a charity exhibition was arranged to raise money for Unicef and the reigning world champions were invited to Lansdowne Road to face an Irish/Shamrock Rovers XI, the entire event effectively arranged by Rovers’ doyen Louis Kilcoyne.
Argentina were on a European tour and a few days later, Maradona – then just 18 – would put on a show at Hamden Park and score his very first goal for his country against Scotland.
But in Dublin 4 that evening, he left quite an impression too, coming on as a second-half substitute. Though the game ended 0-0, he displayed enough flicks and tricks to justify the hype."

Laois_Man

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I've watched loads of videos just watching him train. The way he could kick the ball sky high and then just control it perfectly when it came back down. A magician.

Even a tennis ball...even recently

A sad sight though!

BattleCorp

He's was the best player I've ever seen.