Maradona’s left side: Castro considered a father, hates the United States, takes revenge on English for the Falkland Islands

Frozen soccer conflict

Probably no other generation of Brazilians and Argentines would argue before the hoarse who is the best footballer of all time: Pelé or D. Maradona.

This is as much an unresolved dispute between nations as the Arab antipathy towards Israel or the territorial claims between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

If there is no objective answer to this dispute, Maradon may still be named the best left-wing player to ever climb the green turf.

Even his most famous goal in the 1986 World Championship quarter-finals against England was scored from the left, with his hand only, not his foot.

The 60-year-old soccer genius, who left for Anapilin on Wednesday, was also famous for his left-wing political views.

Younger soccer fans who only knew Maradon from stories were able to get an impression of his personality this week from a flood of photos released by soccer stars and other celebrities from around the world on social media.

Everyone wanted to take a picture with Diego Armando. And did not respond to anyone.

But those who were the highest authorities for the legendary 10th issue are no longer among the living. Even if they were, they probably wouldn’t use social media.

Revenge in the square

Mr. Maradona grew up in the suburbs of Villa Fiorito near Buenos Aires. His family was rich and poor.

Diego Sr. was Guaraní, the territory of Argentina today about 10,000 years ago. The descendants of the indigenous tribe that inhabited the year.

And while George Bestu admired the rise of British football as a child, Maradona’s entire environment generated distrust of the imperialist West.

It was particularly intensified during the 1982 military conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

Although the junta, which ruled Argentina, occupied the former British-owned archipelago, it was recaptured by the Royal Navy, sent by Margaret Thatcher, after intense battles.

D. Maradonai was 21 years old at the time. Four years later, two of his goals eliminated England from the World Cup in Mexico, culminating in the triumph of Argentina.

“We just realized that the party had nothing to do with the war. We tell the truth.

We knew that our compatriots were killed in the Falkland Islands, that they were shot like birds. It was our revenge, our way of reclaiming the Falkland Islands. In that victory we defended our flag ”, wrote D. Maradona in an autobiography published in 2000.

He smoked cigars with Fidel and did not meet Lukashenko

National pride was a striking characteristic of D. Maradona throughout his career.

But in the end, another part of the dribble virtuoso’s worldview, just 165cm tall, began to strengthen.

At the beginning of this century, Mr. Maradona lived in Cuba for four years, where he was being treated for drug addiction.

At that time, an unusual friendship developed between the footballer and the revolutionary who affirmed the doctrines of Marxism at gunpoint.

Cuban President Castro has become Maradona’s best friend.

“It opened the door to Cuba for me when all the hospitals in Argentina slammed it shut, fearing responsibility for Maradona’s death,” said Diego Armando, who had barely been there at dawn for heart problems caused by cocaine.

In military uniforms after the 1959 Cuban Revolution, I didn’t wear them anyway Commander Mr. Maradona took walks in the morning to talk about politics and sports.

He had an image of a bearded Fidel tattooed on his leg and the iconic face of his compatriot Che Guevara on his shoulder.

When F. Castro died in 2016, D. Maradona was devastated.

“I cried when I couldn’t control myself.” After losing my father, I had never experienced so much pain, “said the Argentine.

Diego went to the president’s funeral in Havana and told his “good friend and second father” publicly.

Earlier, Maradona buried another South American leader of socialism, Venezuelan President Chávez.

He also had to visit the latter. He even appeared on a weekly state television show hosted by Chávez himself.

“I believe in Chávez like everything that Fidel does. His policy seems to me the best, ”Maradona showed in 2007, hiding and hating the worst enemy of both dictators, the United States.

It honored the last figure of socialist authoritarianism in 2018 in Europe. It is true, indirectly.

Maradona then noisily came to the Brest Dynamo Club, which he initially promised to train, and then allegedly became the chairman of the board.

“I very warmly remember F. Castro, H. Chávez and Muammar Gaddafi. I also know Vladimir Putin (he met with Russian President Maradona during the 2018 World Cup in that country – Delphi). Now I would like to take a photo with Alexander Lukashenko, “Diego said before his visit to Lithuanian neighbors.

Finally, when he appeared in a sleepy city, the Argentine caused quite a stir, telling the public not only that he would take the club to new heights, but that he would also definitely stay in Belarus when his three-year contract expired.

However, none of the promises were kept. The next day, Maradona flew back to his homeland without meeting with President Lukashenko.

And it won’t happen again, now is the time to mourn the ball wizard.

Not surprisingly, Gennady Zyuganov, a Russian communist leader who spoke to himself in unusually soft words, did the same to millions of soccer fans around the world.

“Many consider Maradon the best footballer in history. Being on the left, he boldly condemned the greed of the capitalist world. The whole era ended with him. But we will not forget him. Thank you Diego!” Said the veteran politician, famous for his chauvinistic statements.