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Alfredo, the reference to the Anglo-Argentine war is meant to partially justify and explain exactly what happened on the field (and not outside of it). It's not hard to understand, is it? Have you ever wondered why the only act of unprofessionalism in his football career was against the English? He never featured in any other incidents like that.
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He had some damn friends, but I really don’t think he was a mobster, come on. Certainly, he was rather reckless about everything, as his dramatic downfall has sadly shown. A man of infinite weaknesses and contradictions, but so far he has always managed to bounce back. You’re being too harsh.
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Surely caught up in the Neapolitan whirlwind, he must have had a few friends in the Camorra as well. No one is here to say he was a genius off the field. Quite the opposite, but he is and remains the greatest footballer of all time, beyond all these barren considerations about the wreckage of his private life. It's a pity for him, and for me, who hasn't seen more years of magic due to his reckless behavior.
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Best, how was it outside the playing field? Irreproachable? Hahahhahahah.....
Casamorta, I think you might be spouting some nonsense on a topic you probably don't have much expertise in. No hard feelings. I continue to evaluate athletes for what they can do on the field and without any illicit help, of course. If they are also irreproachable, that’s an added value, of course, all the better for them. However, I prefer to admire them as creators of remarkable feats from a strictly and solely sporting perspective because that’s what they are, not guides or role models. I realize that in our sick society they become such, and it would be nice if they were all paragon of integrity, but that’s not a dynamic I share, so I will continue to not care about what they do outside the spotlight and will never judge them for that. You’re not uptight; we just have different views. That’s that. Comparing Maradona to some honest players is footballing blasphemy if we want to talk about sport. And the hand of God against England was the only “wrongdoing” in a sea of pearls from the pibe. Consider also what the English represented for Argentines at that time... after all, it was a clever move, but it needs to be well contextualized.
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And if we want to mention some true kings of football who have not been crowned with victory in the World Cup, I would say: Cruyff, Puskas, Di Stefano. Not Best or Meroni, with all due respect.
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No fucking way!!! Inter forever.
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Terry, today you are the maradò of volleyball!
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Yet for me it was a sublime gesture but I know I'm clouded by (justified) idolatry... Alfredo, you can't be English, can you??? ;D
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I mean to say that it's an act that needs to be contextualized within the entirety of an artist's work. Allow me this.
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Alfredo, for me that was also an unpleasant stroke of genius. Remember what else he did in that match. I wouldn't quite compare it to Henry's theft. In that World Cup, he did much more to legitimize the victory from...