[ENG/ESP] Soccer Legends: Remembering Diego, the greatest soccer player in history

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Diego Armando Maradona| Image edited in Adobe Photoshop

To talk about Diego Armando Maradona is to talk about soccer, a man who when he was on the field gave his best at all times, teaching us great quality in his plays and an unmatched passion. Unfortunately his career was tarnished by his addiction to drugs, but that is another topic, on this occasion I will express my thoughts about his career, and in that sense, I will begin a series dedicated to the legends of soccer, particular writings that serve to remember the greatness of many players. I clarify that this will not be a Wikipedia-type text, but something very personal, an opinion that may differ from yours or simply fit your thinking. That said, let's start:

Hablar de Diego Armando Maradona es hablar de futbol, un hombre que cuando estuvo en la cancha dio lo mejor de si en todo tiempo, enseñándonos gran calidad en sus jugadas y una pasión inigualable. Lamentablemente su carrera se vio empañada por su adicción a las drogas, pero ese es otro tema, en esta ocasión he de expresar mis pensamientos acerca de su carrera, y en ese sentido, he de comenzar una serie dedicada a las leyendas del futbol, escritos particulares que sirven para recordar la grandeza futbolística de muchos jugadores. Aclaro que no será un texto tipo Wikipedia, sino algo muy personal, una opinión que puede diferir de la tuya o simplemente encajar con tu pensamiento. Dicho esto, comencemos:

Diego Armando Maradona from my point of view is the best player in the history of soccer, his dribbling, his ball control, his set pieces and his ability to define were unique, although he has been compared in his style of play with Messi today, the difference between the two is abysmal. Maradona knew how to carry a team on his shoulder and win the title, a feat he accomplished with the Napoli club in the tough Italian soccer, so much so that he is very much loved in Italy, and the stadium where Napoli plays bears his name. His legacy in soccer is the best we can have of him, because his personality always gave him problems or caused many controversies.

Diego Armando Maradona desde mi punto de vista es el mejor jugador de toda la historia del futbol, sus regates, su dominio del balón, su pegada a balón parado y su capacidad para definir fueron únicos, si bien ha sido comparado en su estilo de juego con Messi en la actualidad, la diferencia entre ambos es abismal. Maradona supo llevar un equipo al hombro y conseguir el titulo, proeza que realizo con el club Napoli en el duro futbol italiano, tanto asi que su persona es muy querida en Italia, y el estadio donde milita el Napoli lleva su nombre. Su legado en el futbol es lo mejor que podemos tener de el, pues su personalidad siempre le dio problemas o causo muchas controversias.


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Maradona - Napoli

His teammates of the Argentine national team that are still alive do not stop praising his soccer career, exalting him to the highest level and thanking him for his presence in the Mexico 86 World Cup, a competition that they managed to win thanks to his good participation; at that time Diego scored 5 goals, finishing second in that category and made 5 assists, he also scored the so-called "best goal of all the World Cups or goal of the century". I remember when I saw that goal for the first time (years later) in my childhood, I was impressed how he left players in the way, and at the end he also dribbled the goalkeeper to score against the English, an individual play without a doubt impressive.

Sus compañeros de la selección Argentina que aun están con vida no dejan de alabar su carrera futbolística, exaltándolo al mas alto nivel y agradeciendo su presencia en el mundial de Mexico 86, competicion que lograron ganar gracias a su buena participación; para ese entonces Diego anoto 5 goles quedando segundo en ese renglón y realizo 5 asistencias, además marco el denominado: “mejor gol de todos los mundiales o gol del siglo”. Recuerdo que cuando vi ese gol por primera vez (años después) en mi infancia, quede impresionado como dejaba jugadores en el camino, y al final tambien driblo al arquero para anotar contra los ingleses, una jugada individual sin duda impresionante.

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The fact of considering him the best is due to his individual quality, there are players that break records and set records, but there is always something missing in their game, this did not happen with the person of Maradona, it is like talking about Michael Jordan and Lebron James, even if the latter reaches "numbers" he will never be like Jordan; well, something like that happens with Diego, safeguarding the differences of course, he is an incomparable player, those who saw him play, his teammates and his rivals were able to enjoy his fantastic game.

El hecho de considerarlo el mejor se debe a su calidad individual, hay jugadores que baten records y marcan records, pero siempre hay algo que falta en su juego, esto no paso con la persona de Maradona, es como hablar de Michael Jordan y Lebron James, por mas que este ultimo alcance “números” jamas será como Jordan; bueno, algo asi sucede con Diego, salvaguardando las diferencias claro esta, es un jugador inigualable, quienes lo vieron jugar, sus compañeros y sus rivales pudieron disfrutar de su fantástico juego.

At the end of his career, Diego Armando Maradona finished with 704 official games, 360 goals scored and 262 assists, spectacular figures for an attacking midfielder.

Al final de su carrera, Diego Armando Maradona termino con 704 partidos oficiales, 360 goles anotados y 262 asistencias, cifras espectaculares para un mediocampista ofensivo.


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World Champion Mexico 86

Thanks for reading.

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Note: My native language is Spanish

Translated from DeepL



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Understand why he was rated, but still can't get over the "hand of god" goal and why he did it.

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I think it was more cunning than anything else.

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Hahaha Messi did the same too...

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I did not have the opportunity to watch him play. But i have heard great stories about this legendary player.

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I hear you, my friend. However I encourage you to watch documentaries of him in other media, at least on Youtube there is a compilation of his plays. If you haven't seen them, there you can get an idea of his skills.

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My favourite goal is the same goal that Messi scored against Getafe, dribbling the entire team from half way. Aaaah let me find it for you.

Messidona!

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Haha, it honestly looks like a copy, I remember that caused a lot of speculation in the sports world back then. The media kept linking that goal with Maradona's goal.

Thanks for sharing.

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Cómo no recordar a este fabuloso 10 Diego Armando Maradona. Hombre de jugadas prodigiosas, con una visión de juego fenomenal. Como olvidar la famosa mano de Dios en México 86, cuando Argentina derrotó a Inglaterra 2 goles por 1. Goles ambos de Maradona. Saludos hermano

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Si amigo, sin duda un gran prodigio, sigo pensando que es el mejor de la historia, quizas algunos pensaran como yo y otros no, pero lo cierto es que la calidad de Maradona nadie la puede negar, un gran jugador en todos los sentidos de la palabra.

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Así mismo es hermano, y la comparación que haces entre Jordan y LeBron cae aquí como anillo al dedo. Saludos.

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No podia pasarla por alto jaja.

Saludos

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