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.

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 about a nice and messy person.

– 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.

Kjetil Rekdal also met Maradona when he was in Oslo in 2006. He says he was released when news of Maradona’s death came.

– He’s not that old, so it’s sad. As a soccer player, he was a loner in his day. He was a magician on the soccer field, says Rekdal, who also speaks of the soccer legend’s messy lifestyle.

– He has lived a hard and hard life. I don’t know if he was important to this, but my impression was that he was a fantastic person, says Rekdal.

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.

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