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RIP Maradona 16:33 - Nov 25 with 13861 viewsAberystwythR

Multiple reports coming out that he has passed away
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RIP Maradona on 16:35 - Nov 25 with 5686 viewsflynnbo

Very sad if true. A genius of a footballer. The documentary on him was a real eye opener.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/11/25/diego-maradona-dead-aged-60-acco

Don't know much about the integrity of the publication below.

https://www.football-italia.net/162570/clarin-diego-maradona-has-died

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RIP Maradona on 16:38 - Nov 25 with 5630 viewstraininvain

Genuinely gutted. I know there’s still a lot of hate for Maradona in England but he’s the greatest footballer I’ve seen. RIP Diego.
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RIP Maradona on 16:40 - Nov 25 with 5598 viewsDWQPR

Just confirmed on the BBC. A true footballing great but tarnished all the same, more so with the failed drugs test in the 1994 world cup if my memory serves me right. Not the greatest footballer ever, for me Messi is greater but all the same, a once in a generation player. His lifestyle has caught up with him sadly. RIP

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RIP Maradona on 16:40 - Nov 25 with 5598 viewsToast_R

I've heard it too. The world will be a lesser place without him in it.
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RIP Maradona on 16:41 - Nov 25 with 5591 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Damn.

Up there with Messi in my lifetime with no-one else coming close.

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RIP Maradona on 16:41 - Nov 25 with 5587 viewsHayesender

Imagine him in today's game with billiard table pitches and no tackling.

Best ever imo

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RIP Maradona on 16:44 - Nov 25 with 5560 viewsQPR_Jim

RIP Maradona on 16:40 - Nov 25 by DWQPR

Just confirmed on the BBC. A true footballing great but tarnished all the same, more so with the failed drugs test in the 1994 world cup if my memory serves me right. Not the greatest footballer ever, for me Messi is greater but all the same, a once in a generation player. His lifestyle has caught up with him sadly. RIP


He should be proud, 3rd best Argentinian footballer behind Faurlin and Messi (in that order), not a bad achievement.

RIP
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RIP Maradona on 16:44 - Nov 25 with 5560 viewsPhildo

certainly my pick for greatest of my lifetime.

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RIP Maradona on 16:44 - Nov 25 with 5546 viewsted_hendrix

Very sad and at the age of 60, when he played you made a point of watching he was very, very special.

RIP

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RIP Maradona on 16:45 - Nov 25 with 5547 viewsCamberleyR

Cardiac arrest they're saying. You somehow always had that feeling he wouldn't make old bones.

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RIP Maradona on 16:45 - Nov 25 with 5542 viewsdaveB

brilliant player as well as a fat little cheat, one of the best of all time. I saw him at Wembley in a charity game during the 80's, think it was England v Rest of the World, he was on another level.

60 is no age, RIP
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RIP Maradona on 16:47 - Nov 25 with 5519 viewsJuzzie

Amazing player, controversial character. The world will be a lesser place without him.

RIP
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RIP Maradona on 16:48 - Nov 25 with 5498 viewsAntti_Heinola

Guess he punched the bucket.

Probably the greatest player that ever lived. A true genius. I got over the handball years ago. I reckon about 95% of all footballers have done soemthing like that in their careers, and all the 'cheat' stuff has been well OTT over the years. Yes, he did drugs, but jesus christ, I'd like to see anyone live under the pressure he lived under in those days.
RIP Diego.

Bare bones.

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RIP Maradona on 16:49 - Nov 25 with 5485 viewssprocket

Very sad. Wonderful player. More of a character than Messi but Messi pips it by a short head as a footballer.
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RIP Maradona on 16:50 - Nov 25 with 5478 viewsMrSheen

RIP Maradona on 16:41 - Nov 25 by Hayesender

Imagine him in today's game with billiard table pitches and no tackling.

Best ever imo


Pointless, in my opinion, comparing his ability with players of different eras, but what will never be repeated is the amount of hammer men like him and Pele had to take from defenders.

If you haven’t seen it, dig out Maradona in Mexico on Netflix. A real man-child, but what an entertainer!
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RIP Maradona on 16:55 - Nov 25 with 5420 viewsTheChef

RIP Maradona on 16:50 - Nov 25 by MrSheen

Pointless, in my opinion, comparing his ability with players of different eras, but what will never be repeated is the amount of hammer men like him and Pele had to take from defenders.

If you haven’t seen it, dig out Maradona in Mexico on Netflix. A real man-child, but what an entertainer!
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The recent film documentary about him is amazing, and you realise how much abuse he took from defenders back then. Will be watching it again in the next few days.

RIP Diego.

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RIP Maradona on 16:58 - Nov 25 with 5385 viewsWrightUp5hit___

Of course the Argentinian team had some great players during the eighties, but Maradona was the force that drove them on to huge success.
One of the things that that has eluded Messi.
However, as mentioned elsewhere, always ridiculous trying to compare players from different eras, but for me truly the one.
Ciao El pibe d'oro
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RIP Maradona on 17:00 - Nov 25 with 5370 viewsBostonR

Definitely shaking the hand of God now.

What a player!
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RIP Maradona on 17:01 - Nov 25 with 5349 viewsNov77

I went to Ossie's testimonial at spurs just to seem him play, him and hoddle playing together was pretty special.

I don't think he was the greatest, Pele was.

a fat little druggy cheat? yes, but he was some player.

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RIP Maradona on 17:07 - Nov 25 with 5294 viewsGloucs_R

I'll never forgive him for that one moment.

But he was a footballing genius.

RIP

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RIP Maradona on 17:11 - Nov 25 with 5266 viewsbosh67

genius! RIP

Never knowingly right.
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RIP Maradona on 17:11 - Nov 25 with 5264 viewsqpr_1968

rip maradona......25th november

not a good date for top footballers....

george best also died on 25th november.

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RIP Maradona on 17:13 - Nov 25 with 5250 viewsTGRRRSSS

Dragged (along with Canniga) the Argentina side to the World Cup final in 1990.

He also did amazing things, I guess very much a flawed genuis.
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RIP Maradona on 17:19 - Nov 25 with 5208 viewsJeff

RIP Maradona on 17:13 - Nov 25 by TGRRRSSS

Dragged (along with Canniga) the Argentina side to the World Cup final in 1990.

He also did amazing things, I guess very much a flawed genuis.


He won it single handedly for Argentina in '86.

QPR would have won the World Cup in 1986 if they had Maradona playing for them.

Can we not knock it?

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RIP Maradona on 17:20 - Nov 25 with 5205 viewswood_hoop

Sad new when a football great does pass away, Maradona certainly up there with the greatest ever but off field shenanigans lowered his character.

From a very poor background and lacking in any real schooling, to be thrust into a world where your considered a icon could not have been easy, and no doubt enough 'sharks' out there to take advantage.

Have been fortunate to see a few of the Brit greats from 60's onwards and George Best must rank up up there, another who's life off the pitch caused much to detriment his character.

Seems a few of the early 'media' heroes have met with untimely early deaths, hopefully now the players who do reach great heights are better protected.

R.I.P DM
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