Maradona - The Child Genius Who Became the Fulfilment of a Prophecy

[drgriffen]

Really good article by Jonathan Wilson about Maradona:

Child genius Diego Maradona became the fulfilment of a prophecy | Jonathan Wilson

Blessed with sublime talent developed in the slums of Buenos Aires, cabecito negra went on to become everything that defined Argentina’s football principles

www.theguardian.com

An article from the Blizzard explaining the importance of the pibe in Argentinean football:

The Cult of the Pibe

Argentina’s ongoing love affair with scruffy urchins with feet of gold

www.theblizzard.co.uk

Edit: Excellent article by Rory Smith:

The Most Human of Immortals (Published 2020)

The sport that Diego Maradona illuminated, the one he lifted into an art, was not tarnished by all that he did to himself.

www.nytimes.com

Edit: Gab Marcotti:

Diego Maradona will be remembered as one of soccer's greatest, the sport's ultimate flawed genius

Diego Maradona is gone, but as Lionel Messi puts it, "he'll be with us for eternity." The scope of his talent and his humanity will indeed live on.

www.espn.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1332003288817037313

 

[mal6075]

Thanks for posting that . Really good read

 

[BrooklynBlue]

Great articles. Thanks for posting, DrG.

 

[Dalmuirbear]

Thanks for posting.

really good read.

 

[drgriffen]

Good tribute in Goal to Maradona:

Maradona is gone, but Diego's legend will live forever | Goal.com

Argentina hero Diego Maradona, 60, has died. And the world of football will be forever poorer for his absence.

www.goal.com

 

[MearnsUnionist]

Brilliant read @drgriffen.

 

[PalefaceRedskin]

Great stuff mate. Apart from our current form, 2020 has very little going for it though

Really good article by Jonathan Wilson about Maradona:

Child genius Diego Maradona became the fulfilment of a prophecy | Jonathan Wilson

Blessed with sublime talent developed in the slums of Buenos Aires, cabecito negra went on to become everything that defined Argentina’s football principles

www.theguardian.com

An article from the Blizzard explaining the importance of the pibe in Argentinean football:

The Cult of the Pibe

Argentina’s ongoing love affair with scruffy urchins with feet of gold

www.theblizzard.co.uk

Brilliant. Cheers mate.

 

[Rule Britannia]

Really good article by Jonathan Wilson about Maradona:

Child genius Diego Maradona became the fulfilment of a prophecy | Jonathan Wilson

Blessed with sublime talent developed in the slums of Buenos Aires, cabecito negra went on to become everything that defined Argentina’s football principles

www.theguardian.com

An article from the Blizzard explaining the importance of the pibe in Argentinean football:

The Cult of the Pibe

Argentina’s ongoing love affair with scruffy urchins with feet of gold

www.theblizzard.co.uk

Comes across more as Wilson picking out all the bad and forgetting the good. A personal vendetta against the great man.

Maradonna will be remembered more for what he did with a ball at his feet than what he put up his nose.

 

[northsealoyal]

Flawed genius everybody loves them sublime talent
I often wonder why more players of top quality don’t go off the rails especially now with media obsession and the pressure and the constant attention

 

[burquebear]

Comes across more as Wilson picking out all the bad and forgetting the good. A personal vendetta against the great man.

Maradonna will be remembered more for what he did with a ball at his feet than what he put up his nose.

Agreed, at least wait a week or so.

 

[Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond]

Some great reads there. I don't think I've been as saddened by a celebrity death since James Gandolfini in 2013. Anyone who loves football surely has to love Maradona. One of the very few to transcend the game.

 

[vinnie]

What a story. What a player. Thanks @drgriffen
His dribbling goal against England is my earliest memory of football.

Maradona, Gazza, Zidane, Messi. The best users of a football in my lifetime.

 

[Theoldgeezer]

Flawed genius everybody loves them sublime talent
I often wonder why more players of top quality don’t go off the rails especially now with media obsession and the pressure and the constant attention

Depends on the company they keep away from football?

 

[Theoldgeezer]

What a story. What a player. Thanks @drgriffen
His dribbling goal against England is my earliest memory of football.

Maradona, Gazza, Zidane, Messi. The best users of a football in my lifetime.

George Best, Aniesta??

 

[vinnie]

George Best, Aniesta??

I’m not young for Best and Messi is same generation as Iniesta.

 

[Alex Venters]

I'll never see a better footballer than Maradona.

 

[redstarrob]

Flawed genius everybody loves them sublime talent
I often wonder why more players of top quality don’t go off the rails especially now with media obsession and the pressure and the constant attention

I was never a fan of the fat cheating argie midget

 

[EverGer]

I was never a fan of the fat cheating argie midget

Cheating

 

[drgriffen]

The Most Human of Immortals (Published 2020)

The sport that Diego Maradona illuminated, the one he lifted into an art, was not tarnished by all that he did to himself.

www.nytimes.com

 

[drgriffen]

Diego Maradona will be remembered as one of soccer's greatest, the sport's ultimate flawed genius

Diego Maradona is gone, but as Lionel Messi puts it, "he'll be with us for eternity." The scope of his talent and his humanity will indeed live on.

www.espn.com

 

[drgriffen]

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