"Argentina - a country that gets its name from the Latin for silver - it's produced many, many star footballers, but Diego Maradona - he was pure gold" - RTÉ Soccer Commentator, George Hamilton |
I was at what I think was Maradona's final World Cup game in 1994. Was at Foxboro against Nigeria. He was barely mobile...hardly ran. But still dominated every time he touched the ball. It was pure magic.
"Diego Maradona - he was pure gold." George Hamilton reports on the death of one of the greatest soccer players to ever kick a football. #rtesoccer #RipMaradona
'The city was mad with pure joy – he was born to play for them’ @DAaronovitch may have seen his team win at Wembley but nothing comes close to that warm July day when Diego Maradona joined Napoli
Never seen a player move as fluidly as Maradona, genuinely as if the ball was an organic extension of him. He had a lot of different incarnations and meant a lot to different people - most of all Argentina and Naples - but as much as anything was the pure freedom of football.
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One of the most iconic goals in #WorldCup history. #OnThisDay in 1986, a moment of pure genius from ?? Diego Maradona✨
Diego Maradona on Cristiano Ronaldo: "There are players who are touched by the magic wand. Us Argentines are proud Messi's Argentinian & didn't go with Spain." "The other is an animal. Ronaldo's pure power & is a sorcerer: he said he'd score three goals & he scored three goals."
? Diego Maradona: "Messi and Cristiano are players who are touched by the magic wand. Us Argentines are proud that Messi is Argentinian and did not go with the Spanish. Cristiano is an animal, pure power and is now also a sorcerer. He said he'd score 3 goals, and he did it."
"Do you remember the first time you met Maradona?" Relive you childhood with some pure 90s nostalgia. #Golazzo : The Football Italia Story is on BT Sport 2 HD right now ?
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