Beijing time early this morning, the legendary Argentine star Maradona died of a heart attack at the age of 60. The omnipotent king, the rebellious Pampas eagle, finally returned to the blue sky.
has participated in four World Cups in Maradona's player career. One of the most brilliant is the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. 1986 was Maradona's year. In that World Cup, Maradona showed off his offensive talents, scoring 5 goals and providing 5 assists. In the quarter-finals facing England, he first played the "Hand of God" and then scored a goal after six consecutive people, which became a classic moment in World Cup history. In the end, Argentina finally won the World Cup in that World Cup. Maradona won the World Cup Golden Globe Award with his perfect performance.
In 1990, the summer of Italy that year, Maradona was still the most dazzling star in the Pampas Army. He alone brought Argentina into the finals again. But in the final, the Argentina team led by Maradona lost 0-1 to the former West Germany team and missed the championship. What was left were Maradona's unwilling tears. But in 1994, the last World Cup of Maradona's career, the king who was planning to show his talents in this World Cup had tested positive for Chinese medicine in the group stage, regretting to bid farewell to this World Cup. The Argentine team, which lost Maradona, suffered a big setback. In the next two games, they lost both games and were eliminated in one eighth of the game.
Since then, Argentina seems to be caught in the World Cup curse. Whether it is 1998, 2002 or 2006, Argentina's performance in the World Cup is mediocre, stopping at the semi-finals, group stage and semi-finals respectively. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Maradona personally took charge and led his descendants to the African continent. In the group stage, Maradona and his Argentina went smoothly and went all the way to the quarterfinals. This time it was the Germans who became the nightmare of the Argentines. Maradona's team lost to Germany 0:4 in the quarter-finals and fell out of the top four again.
In 2014, Messi, who is regarded as the successor to Maradona, led the Pampas Eagles to the World Cup again. With Messi’s outstanding performance, the Argentines passed all the way and reached the finals. It has been 24 years since Argentina broke into the World Cup final. But this time, under the attention of the world, the goal of the German golden boy Gotze let Messi and his Argentina pass the World Cup.
In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Messi and the Argentine Golden Generation once again stood on the World Cup. This time they almost made their way home in the group stage. In the eighth-finals, the Argentine faced the rooster of Gallic rooster. Maradona was in the stands, watching the Pampas eagles get smashed by a 19-year-old French boy, and Argentina stopped in the quarterfinals.
Since 1994, the Argentine national team in the post-Maradona era has never been involved in the Hercules Cup. Now that the Sri Lankan is dead, I don't know when the Pampas Eagle will fly to the top of the world again.
