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on the morning of the 25th local time. The legendary Argentine star Maradona died of a sudden cardiac arrest at home at the age of 60.
"Hand of God", "Sphere of the Century", "King of the Hemisphere", "Half-World King", and "Mixed reputation", Maradona has many labels. In August 2012, Maradona came to Beijing and he expressed his willingness to help the development of Chinese youth football.
The football is to be grabbed from the doll, how to grab it? A generation of football king became famous when he was young. What kind of panacea did he prescribe for the weakened Chinese youth football? Bai Yansong interviewed Maradona eight years ago.
"To cultivate children's love for football"
Bai Yansong: Open a football school and charge a lot of money to every child. Do you think this model will train good players?
Maradona: No, money cannot solve the problem. If I run a football school, the school must have complete facilities and a complete system. I will teach them basic skills such as heading, controlling the ball, passing people, and many, many things. But I don't like to use my personal image. If we go to the Maradona football school, we can only see Maradona once a year. This is not good. This is a kind of theft, and I become a thief.
Bai Yansong: At what age do you think Chinese children should start playing football?
Maradona: Let children play before they are eight or nine years old, and then teach them something from eight or nine to twelve or three years old, and then decide whether to let them continue to play or not. The most important thing is interest and happiness. Let them play and let them compete on the court. They find it very interesting for themselves, and look forward to playing football every day, because it is so fun.
Bai Yansong: How to cultivate children's love for football?
Maradona: I think children are born to like football, football is everything in South America, 80% of people play football. Football is a passion. We have to guide those teenagers and teach them how to play on the field. They will find it interesting. Once they find football interesting, they will find their suitable position, and then continue to guide them. As for the operation of the team, I think it is very easy. Football players will understand whether they are playing or not. They are happy to play. They will know where they are not doing well and how to improve to adapt to the team. Players will play a key role in an important game in the future.
Bai Yansong: I once heard reporters ask you where you are the most tired after a game of football, thinking that your legs are tired. You mean the brain is the most tired. How do you teach teenagers to use their brains to play football?
Maradona: I think there are many coaches who don't pay much attention to offense and always think about defense. This is not good. The person who has the ball can enjoy the joy of football to the maximum. You have not got the ball after 90 minutes of running on the field. What is the fun? The ideal is a team, they know how to control the rhythm on the field, how to pass and receive the ball reasonably.
Maradona's two dreams
In October 1960, Maradona was born in a slum in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When he was a teenager, Maradona showed extraordinary football talent, when Maradona was wearing a legendary No. 10 jersey.
The 14-year-old Maradona shouted: I have two dreams. The first is to play the World Cup and the second is to become a world champion.
is less than 16 years old, Maradona has become the star of the Argentine youth team.
At the age of 19, Maradona finally waited for his first real world competition.
At the 1979 World Youth Championship, as the captain and top star, Maradona led the Argentina youth team to win the championship.
Two years later, Maradona joined the Argentine ace team Boca Juniors. His running was full of joy. He can always predict the goalkeeper's intentions. He always tries the most unexpected way of playing. He is always attacking on the green field and never stops.
In 1982, the 22-year-old Maradona stood on the stage of the World Cup. However, a red card made his first World Cup trip so regretfully ended.
"God's Hand" scored an instant
68 meters away, the pitted turf of the Astec football field, and five strong Englishmen, none of this could stop Maradona from scoring.
1986Mexico is Maradona’s second World Cup trip, not only because of the goal called "God's Hand", but also because of the history of getting rid of five opponents, running 37 steps, and touching the ball 11 times. Sexual goals. In this World Cup, Maradona used five goals and five assists to lead Argentina to the final and win the Hercules Cup.
However, four years later, Maradona failed to continue his glory. In the 1990 World Cup, Argentina lost in the final, Maradona left tears of sadness. Since then, his career has continued to encounter difficulties. Urine tests were found to be taking cocaine and ephedrine, and he was banned again and again. Drugs and a corrupt life slowly took Maradona away from the people who admired him.
In 1997, Maradona announced his retirement.
On December 11, 2000, FIFA awarded Maradona the "Player of the Century".
"Football is the cutest and most beautiful"
Bai Yansong: After you won the championship, you would cry when you mentioned Argentina and your country. Do you think it is important to love your country for playing football? Young people might think this is too heavy, right?
Maradona: Defending the honor of the motherland is the most important thing. The feeling of wearing an Argentina jersey is unforgettable. He made me feel stronger, as if my mother looked at me in the sky, I played football for her, for my family, for my motherland, my motherland gave me everything, so I want to honor Bringing back to my hometown, this is everything I want.
Bai Yansong: Do you still like football as much as when you were young?
Maradona: Football is important to my every day. I always learn new things. I think football exists in my blood.
Bai Yansong: Tell Chinese children why they want to play football?
Maradona: I want to tell Chinese kids that football is very fun, very fun, the most unique fun in the world, you can score a goal, you can play with your friends, you can play the ball upside down Don't let it fall. Sometimes you can try to header. Everyday football surprises you, gives you fun, and gives you happiness. This is the king of sports. Every sport is fun and beautiful, but football is the cutest and most beautiful.
