Diego Maradona (60) is dead – VG

It is said that the Argentine soccer legend had a heart attack at his home in the city of Tigre, Clarín writes. It occurs shortly after he underwent head surgery. The largest newspaper in Spain, MARCA, also writes that Maradona is dead.

Maradona is considered one of, if not the greatest soccer player of all time. He won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, and for several years swept Barcelona and especially Napoli in top European football.

– Sad to hear when people die. I am so old that I have seen and admired Maradona for several years. I also met and greeted him and had a lot to do with him, former Norway national team manager Egil “Drillo” Olsen told VG.

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This is how he has mocked everyone for 60 years.

It also tells when Maradona was in Norway in 2006 where he visited the Argentine legend in his hotel room. Drillo talks about a good person, but who had a hotel room that could also describe the life of a football legend, messy.

– He’s among the biggest. It comes from poor origins, like other legends. In that way, he reminds me a bit of Garincha, although he was a different type of player. Maradona was complete, he knew everything. He had cutting edge experience in many areas, Drillo recalls.

Diego Armando Maradona grew up in an extremely poor environment in Villa Fiorito in the province of Buenos Aires. He got his first professional contract with the Argentinos Juniors club in 1976. In the movie “Diego Maradona” he says that he bought a house for the first money, to which the whole family moved.

He became a star of the club, which changed the name of the house to Maradona, Estadio Diego Armando Maradona.

He was not allowed to participate in the World Cup at home in 1978 because the coach thought he was too young to cope with the pressure.

In 1981, a great dream came true when he signed for the favorite team Boca Juniors, one of the two great giants of Argentine soccer.

In 1982, he was finally allowed to participate in the World Cup with Argentina, after many felt they had been fooled by a big star four years earlier. However, the 1982 World Cup was not a great success for the little magician. Many defenders were looking to stop the attacking player that everyone was talking about, and against his rival Brazil the frustration became too great. Maradona was sent off after kicking a rival in the stomach. Argentina was out of the World Cup after five games.

He did not stay long at the favorite club Boca Juniors. After the World Cup, he signed for the great Spanish club Barcelona, ​​where he remained until 1984. The stay was not a success, Maradona did not like it and many times it was provoked while playing for the giants.

In 1984, he surprised many when he signed for Napoli in southern Italy, who until then had never won the series in their home country. There were more titles after the arrival of Maradona. The Argentine is still the city’s greatest hero, where large murals of Maradona can be seen in various places. With Maradona as the clear boss, Napoli won Serie A in 1986-87 and in the 1989-90 season. The UEFA Cup won the “little” Naples in the 1988-89 season, and the city erupted in scenes of joy.

For the rest of the football world, 1986 is still the most remembered. Argentina won one of the most memorable World Cups in history and Maradona did things that had never been done before on a soccer field. There was also a lot of controversy when he scored with his hand against England in the quarterfinals. But a lot of attention was also paid to his second goal in the game, in which he dribbled “all” England and drove the ball into goal. This score is still considered by many to be the best of all time.

Argentina reached the final four years later, but lost in the final to Germany. It was a very special World Cup for Diego Maradona as it was played in his new home country, Italy. And if that wasn’t enough, Argentina faced Italy in the semi-finals in the “hometown” of Naples, where he was a great hero. Here he had to see his new sons of the city, as it should be, cheering for Italy. Argentina won on penalties after 1-1 at full time.

After many personal problems and a rather unsuccessful stay for the club in Seville, Spain, Maradona returned to the World Cup in the United States in 1994.

The soccer world was looking forward to the championship and the way the soccer god should be. Unfortunately, he only managed two matches, but many are still warm when they think of the collaboration between Maradona and the hairy Claudio Caniggia. Maradona was pulled out for doping tests, tested positive, and was sent home from the championship.

Maradona’s international career was over, but it never got boring at the World Cup when Maradona showed up to cheer on his home country. He last stole the spotlight after Argentina’s dramatic advance against Nigeria during the 2018 World Cup.

It was rumored that he was sent to the hospital after the game, but he later denied it himself.