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Diego Armando Maradona 1960 - 2020

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  • #2
    Pasteur.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Pasteur.


    Ya was gonna say the same

    He was amazing in 86 and a shame what happened in 94

    Those free kicks!!


  • #3
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,702 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I barely remember 86, but I remember him screaming at the camera after he scored in 94, before being disqualified. We have few characters in the game these days, at least he had bundles of personality.


  • #4
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Different class. Adios, thanks for the memories.

    Was going to make a joke about having a coke tonight but I'll refrain. He was an absolute legend in his time.

    Rest in peace Diego.


  • #5
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,102 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    RIP to a legend
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU


  • #6
    Cazale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Cazale


    The greatest I ever saw. I remember watching him in 1990 in awe.


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  • #7
    jiltloop
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭jiltloop


    Supreme talent, unfortunately like a lot of gifted people he wasn't built to handle the fame side of it. RIP hand of God.


  • #8
    nullzero
    Registered Users Posts: 16,336 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    ****


    Insanely talented player, slightly mad bloke RIP.

    Glazers Out!



  • #9
    Mysterypunter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,806 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    Fantastic in the 86 world cup, 2 against England in the quarters and 2 against Belgium in the semis, 3-2 in the final, he played in Burrachaga to beat the Germans. Great man, iconic figure, yet the best description I ever heard for him was 5ft 6 of illegal substances. RIP Diego.


  • #10
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,702 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    McMurphy wrote: »
    Was going to make a joke about having a coke tonight but I'll refrain. He was an absolute legend in his time.

    Rest in peace Diego.

    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.


  • #11
    GT89
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭GT89


    RIP one of the greatest players of all time and a true icon of the game

    A dark day for supporters of all teams


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  • #12
    Kylta
    Registered Users Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    That's very sad, brilliance personified. May he RIP.


  • #13
    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    Another good man down.

    I got to see him in the flesh in Lansdowne Road. Sad news.


  • #14
    I see sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    RIP :(


  • #15
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,953 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


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


  • #16
    dasdog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭dasdog


    Very sad news this - only 60 years of age. He was such character as well as a genius on the pitch.


  • #17
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,702 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    McGinniesta wrote: »
    Another good man down.

    I got to see him in the flesh in Lansdowne Road. Sad news.

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


  • #18
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Rest in peace El Diego.


  • #19
    Pasteur.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Pasteur.


    I wasn't a huge soccer fan but i'd put on channel 4 just to see him play at Napoli and hope for a free kick

    He was still the boss in 94 before the ban


  • #20
    tdf7187
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭tdf7187


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


    Are you for real? Surprising he made it to 60. He was a cocaine addict. Also the best soccer player of my lifetime, but he had a lot of health issues.


  • #21
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    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.


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  • #22
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    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.

    The documentary of his life is an absolute must watch.


  • #23
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Will always remember this scene from USA 94, and knowing it was all over for him, when they went on the pitch and took him away for a drug test. (The look on his face says he also knew it was all over for him).

    A sad playing end to one of the greatest.

    Diego_acompanado_al_antidoping.jpg


  • #24
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    You have to say, he was magnificent!

    RIP Diego


  • #25
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    that goal he scored against England in the 1986 QF always brings tears of joy to my eyes

    his second goal was good too


  • #26
    Pasteur.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Pasteur.


    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.

    You're so wrong there it wasn't applauded ever

    The Brits played it up and downplayed the genius goal


  • #27
    Eoinbmw
    Registered Users Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Eoinbmw


    The absolute greatest of all time RIP truly shocked!


  • #28
    bewareofthedog
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭bewareofthedog


    RIP



  • #29
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    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 ..... 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 .....

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

    Brings to mind Brian Friel's famous line in Philadephia Here I Come

    "Just the memories, that's all you have now....but even so soon they are becoming distilled of all their coarseness and all that will be left is precious, precious gold"

    Choose which you'd prefer to remember; I'll focus on the skills, the audacity, the courage (how many times did you seem him scything through defences while they all kicked lumps out of him?) and the overarching brilliance.

    The rest, well: you can dwell on that if you like.


  • #30
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


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

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


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  • #31
    washman3
    Registered Users Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3


    'Arguably the Greatest Footballer of All Time' is being trotted out....!!!
    There is no argument about it.

    He was THE GREATEST.
    RIP Diego.


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