Tag: Diego Maradona
World At Your Feet – Remembering Maradona, Pele and game’s greatest goals
Updated:If you ask today’s youngsters about the best goals they have ever seen, the names of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar will be the most-common retort. However, a new…
Read more »Maradona: “Julio Grondona lied to me. Carlos Bilardo betrayed me.”
Updated:The almost two-year management reign of Diego Armando Maradona ended swiftly on Tuesday night in Buenos Aires. Despite providing fans and enemies alike with an entertaining brand of football, unexpected…
Read more »Maradona: “I don’t believe that anybody is happy with this in a country that lives and breathes football.”
Updated:The road ended abruptly for Diego Maradona and Argentina at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. The roadblock was called Germany. For the second time in successive World Cups, the…
Read more »Diego Maradona: There is a method to his madness
Updated:Diego Maradona has been the headline maker at this World Cup. From his elegant suits, to his animated gestures in the technical area, to his controversial quotes and his genuine…
Read more »Messi: “I thought that they would negate the goal by Tevez because they were looking at the big screen above…”
Updated:After the impressive victory by Argentina over Mexico in the round of 16, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez provided news conference comments that were published by the Buenos…
Read more »Maradona: “My dream is to manage Napoli.”
Updated:On the eve of Argentina’s key elimination round match with Mexico, Diego Maradona provided his thoughts to the Milan sports daily, La Gazzetta dello Sport. He discussed the shock exit…
Read more »Kaka’: “Maradona’s goal was an intentional handball”
Updated:Ricardo Kaka’ was probably the last person we would expect to see red in South Africa. “They’d been talking to me about a kid in Brazil. I’d never heard of…
Read more »Maradona: “I didn’t see the referee smile after the goal against England.”
Updated:Argentina boss, Diego Maradona, commented on recent controversies with UEFA President, Michel Platini and his long-time nemesis, Pele’. Both had questioned Maradona’s management credentials although apparently, Platini was misquoted. Maradona…
Read more »Maradona: “Nigeria was like colliding against a wall”
Updated:Argentina boss, Diego Maradona, discussed starting Maxi Rodriguez and Jonas Gutierrez, his exclusion of Juan Sebastian Veron, the pace of South Korea versus the physical nature of Nigeria, the brilliance…
Read more »Maradona: “Watching Tevez play gives me goosebumps”
Updated:Argentina boss, Diego Maradona, discussed four of his jewels: Carlos Tevez, Lionel Messi, Javier Mascherano and Juan Sebastian Veron from the training ground in Pretoria ahead of their first group…
Read more »Maradona to strip for Argentina?
Updated:In Argentina, there is one psychologist or psychiatrist for every 1000 people. Most Argentineans think it would take a doctor to understand the team selections of Argentina boss, Diego Maradona….
Read more »Maradona vs. Pele: the Hand of God vs. the Right Hand of God
Updated:Tonight, Diego Maradona makes his bow as Argentina manager as his new charges take on Scotland at Hampden Park. This momentous occasion gives us a wonderful chance to tackle one…
Read more »Scotland v Argentina – 19 November – Hampden Park
Updated:Wednesday night sees the famous Argentina side arriving at Hampden Park for a ‘friendly’ (if either side could actually have such a thing) against Scotland. I think I read somewhere…
Read more »Can Maradona lead Argentina to 2010 glory?
Updated:Yesterday in Argentina, Diego “El Pibe” Maradona was officially presented as the national team coach of the albicelestes. He will be assisted by Dr. Carlos Bilardo, his former coach during…
Read more »Top 100 Greatest Ever Footballers
Updated:It’s that time of the year again. The time when a random (ok, let’s call it ‘well-respected’ if you prefer) football publication makes an “All Time Best” ranking that never…
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