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On the morning of November 25, local time, Argentine legendary star Maradona died of a sudden cardiac arrest at home at the age of 60.
Maradona passed away. Argentina has entered a three-day period of mourning. Argentine President Fernandez will suspend all official activities on November 26 and 27.
Brazilian star Pele sent a message to express his condolences for the death of Maradona. He said that he hopes to play with Maradona in heaven one day-
has always been close to Maradona, the Argentine star Messi, also I missed the post:
"Today is a very sad day for all Argentines and football. Maradona has left us, but he will be with us forever. Maradona is eternal. I I will remember all the happy days I spent with him, and I would like to express my condolences to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.”
Spanish tennis player Nadal mourned:
“Today the entire sports world, especially the football world, has lost something. An important person. Maradona, one of the greatest football players in history, left us today. His contribution to football will not disappear. I express the deepest to his family, the football world and the whole of Argentina Condolences.”
and Chinese netizens realized that the weight of Maradona's name may have a greater impact on their parents-
Weibo Source: @听歌打球的Oubre 20
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Legendary opening of the football teenager
Maradona once said: "I have two dreams, one is to participate in the World Cup and the other is to win the World Cup." For many Chinese, when it comes to football stars in the World Cup, they must have heard the name— -Maradona.
Maradona, full name Diego Armando Maradona (Diego Armando Maradona), was born on October 30, 1960 in a slum family in Buenos Aires.
Before he was born, Maradona had four older sisters, and his patriarchal father wanted a boy in his family. However, after Maradona was born, he did not receive the special care of his family. To feed a family of 7 people, the pressure of life can be imagined. His father didn't have time to rest. He ferryed livestock every day and worked part-time in a chemical plant.
Maradona showed his love for football when he was very young. In 1970, 10-year-old Maradona participated in the trial training of the Argentine Youth Club and was successfully selected.
Five years later, the 15-year-old Maradona officially signed a contract with the Argentine youth team. The team rented a small apartment for Maradona near the stadium. Since then, the whole family has gradually got rid of poor. In the first year of signing
, Maradona made his debut in the Argentine Serie A. Since then, his career on the pitch seems to be on the open, and he has won one honor after another.
In September 1977, Maradona's Argentina team won the World Youth Football Championship.
In 1978, Maradona became the youngest top scorer in the history of the Argentine Premier League with 26 goals. He was only 17 years old.
Maradona played in Barcelona
Maradona's skills attracted the attention of European football clubs. In July 1982, Maradona transferred to the Spanish La Liga team Barça Club for US$9 million; in July 1984, Maradona joined the Italian Naples team with a transfer fee of US$7.5 million.
On November 3, 1985, Maradona, who had just transferred to Naples, encountered Juventus at home. Maradona scored a free kick in the game. This goal not only changed Naples, but also changed The future pattern of Serie A. During the period of
playing for Naples, Maradona helped the team win 2 Serie A titles, 1 UEFA Cup title, 1 Coppa Italia champion and 1 Italian Super Cup champion. Looking through Naples' book of honor, almost all the important ones The awards were given by Maradona.
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Coming to the World Cup
in the hearts of fans, Maradona is the king, angel and devil.
In the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup, Maradona scored with a "hand of God". At that moment, he was the devil in the eyes of English fans.
But only four minutes later, Manadona has transformed from a devil into an angel-a football angel who even his opponents look up to.
68 meters away, the bumpy turf of the Astec football field, and five strong Englishmen, none of this can stop Maradona from scoring.
In 2002, this goal was voted by fans on the FIFA official website with 18,062 votes as the best goal of the century.
Maradona's World Cup journey began in 1982, when he had just joined La Liga giants Barcelona with the world's first worth. The first World Cup trip was far from a success. Although he scored twice in the face of Hungary and opened the World Cup goal account, he also kicked his opponent in the 1:3 loss to Brazil and was sent off by a red card. Argentina also ended the second stage of the group stage.
In the summer of 1986, the World Cup was opened again. Although Maradona just helped the underdog Naples win the third place in Serie A, he did not receive as much attention as Platini and Zico, and Argentina is by no means. The most popular choice to win. In addition to the "Goal of the Century" against England for five consecutive people, the second goal against Belgium in the semi-final was also a goal after several consecutive people. Although this goal is far less famous than the former, there is no big difference in actual difficulty: the former is mainly a breakthrough along the wing, while the latter is a real goal from the center to Huanglong, and The Belgian defensive players are already in position.
scored against Belgium in the 1986 World Cup
In the final, Germany sent two people to mark Maradona and even implemented logging tactics, but Maradona still relied on his personal ability to create goals for his teammates:
Argentina's first The goal is a free kick. It comes from Maradona's foul after instigating his teammates from the wing. The third goal was Maradona's scalpel-like precision in the center circle to help his teammates get a single chance. And break the door.
In the 1986 World Cup, assists against Germany
In the end, Maradona scored 5 goals, sent 5 assists, completed 122 one-to-one successes, as well as the hand of God and Century Goal. The World Cup is also known as the World Cup belonging to Maradona.
Even Maradona, whose status has fallen sharply in 1990, still gave a similar performance to Brazil in the World Cup knockout round: 80 minutes, after the midfield line, drove the ball from the center for nearly 50 meters, and even three people The old partner Caniggia sent a single shot to help the latter end the game. Fans can't help but wonder what would happen if Caniggia did not stop in the semi-finals...
The 1990 World Cup assists against Brazil
If not specifically targeted by the opponent, Maradona can even score a few people personally. End the game; even if the opponent is strictly guarded or even kicked, Maradona can assist his teammates to complete a fatal blow. This is Maradona's unparalleled ability in the World Cup. Since
debuted, Maradona has been an offensive midfielder. In the peak period, Maradona was more aggressive when playing on the court. In addition to dribbling the ball forward, he often quickly inserted into the penalty area and sought physical confrontation, playing the actual forward role.
However, his brilliance also put an end to another fatal problem, that is-drugs. Z2z
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Castro also came to help detoxification. In the 1990 World Cup, even though Maradona did not score a goal, Maradona still helped Argentina enter the final, and eventually lost to the old rival Germany 0:1 and missed the defense.
However, a year later, in a routine urine test after a Serie A match, Maradona was found to be taking cocaine. Later, people were surprised to find that Maradona had already used it when he played for Barcelona in 1983. Cocaine out.
In the 1994 World Cup, Maradona was tested to take doping after the 2:1 Nigeria match, which became the World Cup finale for the player Maradona. Once footThe ball genius is already in the quagmire of drugs and prohibitions.
drugs not only ruined his sports career, but also put his life on the line many times.
On January 4, 2000, Maradona suffered a heart attack. He lost his eyesight, suffered severe speech and mobility impairments, and suffered a mental breakdown. After testing, Maradona had obvious cocaine in his blood and urine. Z2z
even Maradona's idol and Cuban leader Castro had worried about this. Castro has always believed that Maradona, as the "world king", is stubborn and unruly. After the news that Maradona had a heart attack caused by drug use, Castro immediately invited him to Havana for treatment. Over the years, under Castro's efforts, many of Cuba's medical technologies have been among the best in the world. Castro personally arranged for him a consultation with the best medical team in the country. In nearly 4 years, Maradona's body gradually recovered. With a cigar in his mouth, he minted with ordinary Cubans and became Castro's best friend.
"Sports fan" Castro played football with the old circus in his later years.
"For me he is a god." Maradona spoke highly of Castro. He has two tattoos on his body. One is on his right shoulder, which looks like Che Guevara, the legendary hero of the South American Revolutionary Movement, and the other is on his left leg, which looks like Castro, so that the two can be inseparable.
Maradona's two tattoos
In an interview with the media in August 2005, Maradona said: "Do you know what a great athlete is like? If I don't take drugs, I am. How big is that? Loss, when I think of these things, I always feel bad, I could have made greater achievements."
affects Maradona’s health, as well as obesity and alcoholism. His weight once reached 130 kg and had to accept it. Partial gastric flow surgery to restore normal weight.
On November 2, 2020, Maradona was admitted to the hospital again for treatment, and then he underwent emergency brain surgery to treat a hematoma in the brain. Maradona was successfully discharged from the hospital on November 12 and continued to receive the guidance of outpatient doctors.
According to the “Clarion” report, on November 25, local time in Argentina, Maradona ate breakfast at his home in Tigre, Argentina, and then said one last sentence to his nephew Johnny Esposito:
"I feel Uncomfortable."
plans to lie down and rest again. The nurse taking care of him immediately called for an ambulance. Out of concerns about the health of Maradona, his family had arranged a number of ambulances nearby, but despite this, they still could not stop Maradona from leaving. At 13:02 noon on November 25th, Argentina local time, Maradona's rescue failed and passed away, and a generation of football kings finished his last life.
Maradona's No. 10 jersey
is going well all the way. May there be only football and no drugs in heaven.
source:
[1] CCTV news client
[2] Deng Yanxin, "God took his hand back-Maradona died", "Southern People Weekly"
[3] Wang Qingqing, "For Mandela Happy birthday, helping Maradona to detoxify: Castro’s friends from all over the world", "National Humanities History"
