If you could get a colour TV set, that is. But, for ninety minutes at a time, he could make everyone forget them. Vijay Rahaman takes us back to one of Italy’s greatest sporting achievements. A few days after Maradona died, Roberto Saviano, the journalist and author of Gomorra, spoke on Italian TV about what he had meant to Naples, their ‘natural alliance’ of ‘generosity and craftiness, instinct and calculation’. A brilliant YouTube clip shows Gentile’s adroit practice of the defensive dark arts on a young Maradona. Maradona, the arch-trickster, sprang to life when England defender Steve Hodge sliced a clearance high into his own penalty box. Maradona: Soccer's Greatest and Most Controversial Star eBook: Maradonna, D A: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Gaetano Scirea. Then, Pablo Aimar. I had wanted England to win and my heart, too, leaped when John Barnes came on to make those electrifying runs up the left wing, and Gary Lineker scored. (Photo: Getty Images), Diego Maradona at a felicitation ceremony in Kolkata in 2008. After his appearance in the match against SPAL, Giorgio Chiellini became the fifth Juventus player with more official appearances of all time, after Del Piero, Buffon, Scirea, Furino Close 70 31-ago-2017 - Argentina vs Italy..1982..Diego Maradona was manhandled by the Italian defence. Played under a blistering noonday sun, England were poor, and Argentina not much better. By identifying with Maradona, Bengalis were also tapping into their own anti-colonial history. And it would be fair to say that since Maradona’s humiliating exit from the world stage after failing a dope test, the search has been on for the next master of katano from Argentina. Get a summary of the Italy vs. Brazil football match. The No.10 skipped past his marker down the left, before swivelling to hit a pin-point cross for Burruchaga to head in. Then Maradona took it upon himself to set things right for Argentina. It is but Vierchowod(has kept van basten/maradona quiet) is a far better defender than montero, scirea vs azpi is also a no contest. Maradona proved too quick for him, as he did for almost everyone. While Doordarshan had broadcast the semi-finals and final of the 1982 World Cup live, the entirety of Mexico ’86 was broadcast live, and in colour. He was coming off his best season yet for Napoli, guiding the Neapolitans to third in the Serie A and finishing as the club’s top scorer with 11 goals. Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted to visit Pakistan, 90-year-old Bengaluru woman in 'thukdam', or post-death meditative state, surprises scientists, What Assam’s move to 'secularise' education misses, In Punjab, families of the 'disappeared' await justice. Anyone who thinks that Argentina robbed England of the World Cup need only watch the semi-final against Belgium, a masterclass they won 2-0, both goals scored by Maradona. He then speeded down the right, swerving past a lunging Terry Butcher. In January 2000, Fidel Castro invited him to Cuba to get clean. Italy’s hard man defender Claudio Gentile was assigned the task of marking Maradona. And then came the “Hand of God”. Hear it from Japanese farmers, In photos | Iconic movie stars we lost in 2020, This vegetarian kebab recipe will bring the hills home, How a blue whale song led scientists to a new population in Indian Ocean. The Asamblea por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, the political forerunner of Morales’s Movimiento al Socialismo, was founded in March 1995. Ron Atkinson was less impressed than he should have been: ‘The feller’s a little bit quick … that’s what makes him special, but I still think the defender was a little bit steady there.’ Think what you like, Ron, but Scirea was no slouch. For a brief while, it was Ariel Ortega. What was really intolerable was that Maradona could sneak a handball past the keeper and the ref – a trick, let’s not forget, that involved outjumping a man seven inches taller than him – when he didn’t even need to, as he insouciantly demonstrated a few minutes later, zipping through the England players like a motorcycle through a traffic jam. Zico is fair enough (2nd in 76, 1st in 77). (They had been friends since 1987.) ‘¡Viva Bolivia!’ South America’s poorest and most put-upon nation had defeated the Goliath of the North, and that night anything seemed possible, though the historically significant events in Bolivia that year were taking place elsewhere, and had nothing to do with football. London, WC1A 2HN ‘It was an extraordinary success for Argentinian football,’ he said of winning the World Cup, ‘but nothing more than that … We didn’t change the world, we didn’t bring down the price of bread. Maradona set up all three. It could be argued that the history of the World Cup can be defined as before and after the game between England and Argentina 32 years ago -- with one Diego Armando Maradona as protagonist. The Editor A footballer who can katao is the best, because that’s what football is about. Maradona was almost untouchable and Valdano was in ruthless goalscoring mood. His triumph in the 1986 World Cup, stupendous though it was, is in many ways eclipsed by what he achieved at Napoli between 1984 and 1990. Maradona – who knew all too well how atrociously the city was treated by the north of the country – told the press the Neapolitans should support him rather than the Italian national side. All Blacks pay tribute to Maradona before match vs. Pumas. For the Bengali and, I dare say, for football fans in the global south in general, one of the reasons the game is so important is because it’s a trickster’s game. Saved by Manuel Nappo. Peter Shilton came off the line and spread himself. It looked as if his career might be over, but he came back in January 1984 to score two goals in the rain against Sevilla. He played his first professional game for Argentinos Juniors (their ground is now named after him) in October 1976, when he was only 15, and showed his skill by nutmegging Juan Domingo Cabreras. (Photo: Getty Images), Diego Maradona and the story of the 1986 World Cup, What's real wasabi? Argentina and Italy played to a 1-1 tie. Should you be worried about new coronavirus strains? London Review of Books, This site requires the use of Javascript to provide the best possible experience. World Cup - Spain 1982, Second Round His performance in these two games alone would have made him an all-time World Cup icon, but coming after the “Goal of the Century”, you could say that the two games were rather underwhelming (they weren’t). ITA vs BUL - Scirea tackling a Bulgarian player ARG vs KOR - Maradona gets past a Korean defender ARG vs KOR - Maradona is brutally tackled by a Korean defender ARG vs KOR - Argentina goalie Pumpido makes a save ARG vs ITA - Maradona tackled by Italy's Bagni ARG vs ITA - Cabrini and Ruggeri in an aerial battle ARG vs BUL - Maradona with a heel-kick He was close to several Latin American leftist leaders in his later years: not only Castro but also Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales, and he spoke out against the coup in Bolivia a year ago. Poll closed Oct 3, 2011. Bibek Bhattacharya. Cosmic kite! He had the talent but not the sheer willpower. After Napoli won the league, Berlusconi offered to double Maradona’s salary if he went to AC Milan. The Daily Mail claimed Peter Shilton still couldn’t forgive him. In Kolkata, there’s East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting—more than enough clubs to support. !. And Diego Maradona, who died on 25 November at the age of 60, was the ultimate trickster, the artful dodger, the fox who became the king of the jungle because he willed it so. In the quarter-final against England, Terry Butcher sliced him down after he’d outpaced five England players to score the ‘Goal of the Century’. Among Maradona’s highlights was a gorgeous free kick which bounced off the bar and a parade of flicks, drag-backs, quick turns and breathtaking close control. It wasn’t only the South Koreans who went for his ankles in the 1986 World Cup. Here was a diminutive, slightly squat man, taking on the Europeans and then demolishing them as he ran circles around them. Argentina had equalised, Maradona had gained his revenge, and his first outstanding act of the tournament had been registered. The final team was selected by 140 France Football correspondents around the world. Scirea caught up … When he arrived – and more than seventy thousand fans turned out at his presentation to welcome him to the San Paolo stadium (which is now going to be renamed after him) – the club had never won a title and was struggling to avoid relegation from Serie A, which was dominated then (as it is again today) by the wealthier northern teams. Diego Maradona in action against Belgium in the semi-final of the 1986 World Cup. But then, in the 68th minute, Claudio Caniggia equalised for Argentina. Coached by Carlos Bilardo, the Albicelestes played in a counter-attacking 3-5-2 formation, with Maradona playing as traditional No.10, and striker Jorge Valdano the most advanced player, coming in from the right wing to capitalise on Maradona’s through-balls. The first game in Group A was against South Korea. .. Retro Football: Gentile, Scirea, Maradona e Tardelli, 1982 ... Scirea, Maradona e Tardelli, 1982. Diego Maradona is tracked by Gaetano Scirea in Group A at the World Cup Finals. He spun away from his marker, ghosting into space at the edge of the penalty area. Four minutes later, Maradona flipped on God-mode and gave the finest masterclass in katano that the World Cup has ever seen. Read anywhere with the London Review of Books app, available now from the App Store for Apple devices, Google Play for Android devices and Amazon for your Kindle Fire. Maradona kisses the World Cup trophy after Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 in the final. Beckenbauer was also not an assured tackler. KS. In 1992 he left Napoli and moved to Sevilla, and in 1993 went back to Argentina. After five minutes, having been fouled yet again, he was lying on the ground in agony, but got up to take a free kick that Valdano slotted home. Diego Armando Maradona (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager.Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. It’s an oft-repeated fact that Bengalis (and Malayalis) are split down the middle between supporting Brazil and Argentina. But I wasn’t prepared for the animosity and invective directed against Maradona in the playground the next day. Someone put a giant poster up on the classroom wall, a composite image of action shots of the star players, with Michel Platini – the undisputed king of European football – in pride of place. He ran rings around Uruguay, who seemed so intent on stopping the Argentina captain that they were unable to string together too many attacks of their own. Enigma_87 said: letters@lrb.co.uk At his first touch in the South Korea game, less than a minute in, Maradona had been surrounded by three opposition players. It’s what an international star does for his national team that matters. Burruchaga’s 77th minute goal was from another piece of Maradona magic. A second and a third team were also published. “Diegoal! Maradona slowed down a jot, teased Shilton and then rounded him to his right. It’s easy to see the two goals as representative of the two sides of Maradona, the genius and the cheat. Korea were playing in only their second World Cup after 1950, and the match was the walkover many had predicted. Please include name, address and a telephone number. I happened to be in La Paz on 11 July 1995, the night Bolivia unexpectedly beat the USA 1-0 in the Copa América in Uruguay. It’s a game where one who has nothing can still triumph by dodging the rules, the harsh challenges, the unfair structures of oppression. Scirea VS Figuroa. The Ballon d'Or Dream Team is an all-time all-star team published by France Football on 14 December 2020 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a football dream team starting from October 2020. And in that, as in much else, the über-trickster, the master of katano, the cherubic little demon Diego Armando Maradona, will forever reign supreme. Maradona! Think what you like, Ron, but Scirea was no slouch. One of the oft-repeated truisms of tournament football is that teams need to pace themselves, slowly growing into the tournament and reaching top gear at the business end. It was only fitting then that he would be the one to bring Argentina level. Barry Davies, commentating for the BBC, cried out, “You have to say that’s magnificent! Sat., Nov. 28, 2020 timer 1 min. Maradona proved too quick for him, as he did for almost everyone. Loosely translated, it would mean “to dribble”. The British tabloids couldn’t let it go even after Maradona’s death last month, several of them declaring in their headlines that he was now ‘in the hands of God’. He could be considered an even better footballer than Maradona, but Messi has failed quite spectacularly with Argentina. I didn’t say anything, but I marvelled at how quickly adulation could turn to hate. He escaped them, only to be hacked down by a fourth. Opponents who couldn’t take the ball off him had to find another way to stop him. The Italy fans from elsewhere in the peninsula started going after Maradona and – in the words of Saviano, who, aged 11, was there on the curva – ‘something incredible happened.’ For a second, the Napoli fans fell silent, as if taking a deep breath. London, WC1A 2HNletters@lrb.co.uk 31-ago-2017 - Argentina vs Italy..1982..Diego Maradona was manhandled by the Italian defence. The entire sequence had taken nine seconds. Goalkeeper Peter Shilton and Maradona went for the ball, both leaping for it...and then Maradona poked it over the much bigger Shilton’s head with his left hand. But both Argentina and Maradona had already found their groove by the time they met Bulgaria in the third group-stage match. At his first touch in the South Korea game, less than a minute in, Maradona had been surrounded by three opposition players. The referee didn’t see it, and Maradona gambled, pretending it was a perfectly legal headed goal, even as the England players howled with outrage. In the main this was because Indian television was in its infancy. Opponents who couldn’t take the ball off him had to find another way to stop him. Group A of the 1986 FIFA World Cup was one of six groups of national teams competing at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.The group's first round of matches began on 31 May and its last matches were played on 10 June. Diego!” We all began to support Maradona. Unlike my friends whose fathers took them to watch Aldershot’s Fourth Division tussles on Saturday afternoons, I don’t remember watching a football match before the 1986 Mexico World Cup, when I was already nine and a half. Maradona vs Messi is the Hottest Debate in Football Circles. It’s a lovely thought that football players can solve people’s problems through playing, I wish we could.’ He couldn’t solve anyone’s problems, least of all his own. And 1986 was Maradona’s World Cup. But Maradona was more savvy in 1986, not the least because he now plied his trade in Italy, and knew exactly how to counter the Italian defence. Valdano’s lobbed pass duly arrived. He stayed where he was. Although Argentina only won 1-0, the margin would have been far bigger had his teammates put away the many chances that Maradona had laid on a plate for them. Argentina met Italy in the opening match of the second-round group stage. Bulgaria was duly rolled over 2-0, with Valdano and Jorge Burruchaga scoring one goal apiece. Such was Juventus’ dominance in the 1970s that eight of the starting 11 for that tournament played for them. 28 Little Russell Street Picking up the ball in the centre-circle, in the Argentina half and facing his own goal, Maradona spun around, completely wrong-footing Peter Beardsley and Peter Reid. For highlights from the latest issue, our archive and the blog, as well as news, events and exclusive promotions. He had a personal demon to exorcise as well. Gaetano Scirea 0 vote(s) 0.0% Elias Figueroa 0 vote(s) 0.0% Dearman Member. But Maradona, seen live on screen, was nothing short of mythic. And he delivered. Argentina Feb 24, 2010 Bangkok, Thailand ... Maradona was 16 and played 11 games the year Figueroa won his third award (1976). Please include name, address, and a telephone number. Argentina cantered to a 3-0 lead by the 46th minute, with Valdano scoring two goals and Oscar Ruggeri the third. For the entirety of the first half and the first five minutes of the second half, the only thing of note was England defender Terry Fenwick’s persistent fouling of Argentinian players, including a punch on Maradona’s head in the 50th minute. And our fascination with him never paled. Gaetano Scirea (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaeˈtaːno ʃʃiˈrɛːa]; 25 May 1953 – 3 September 1989) was an Italian professional footballer who is considered one of the greatest defenders of all-time.. Scirea is one of only five players in European football history to have won all international trophies for football clubs recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Scirea caught up with him though and Maradona seemed to be heading out too wide to the left. You see, it was never about following European club football. He could score with his first touch or his ninth, from a free kick or open play, collecting the ball in the six-yard box or his own half, with his right foot or his left foot or his head or his fist. The team’s quick counter-attacking style was firing on all cylinders. Finally, for over the past decade, there has been Lionel Messi. I was disappointed by the result of that game, of course. They already loved Brazil, with that team’s jogo bonito (the beautiful game) forming a sort of ideal for Indian football in general. He lacked the physique to do so. L'uomo e il campione, un esempio per tutti - Man, champion, example for all - Duration: 16:59. Maradona, a yard ahead to the left, probably anticipated a first-time chipped pass from Valdano. England were in fine form in the tournament, and in Gary Lineker, they possessed the deadliest striker of the World Cup, with five goals to his name. Maradona was under no illusions about football’s symbolic power, or its limits. Diego Maradona’s career saw extremes of joy, success and adulation. L’Équipe, an impartial paper, went with: ‘Dieu est mort.’. Maradona held him off, and while falling over, slipped the ball into the empty net. In the 1982 World Cup, Maradona had arrived as a much hyped 21-year-old. Namun, Maradona sukses menyamakan kedudukan pada 34. And then, to the quarter-final, and the most famous match in World Cup history. The ball sticking to his left boot as if in thrall, he went past Fenwick into the penalty area. Rijkaard-Platini-Beckenbauer-Iniesta-Scirea-Kalle vs Pele-Ronaldo-Maradona-Cafu-Nesta. Gentile pushed, body-checked and scythed down the Argentina No.10 repeatedly, completely throwing him off his game. The next game against reigning world champions Italy was trickier. Cambiasso and Simeone will have their hands full with blanchflower and seedorf so not sure how much they will be helping out. ‘The knocks were big,’ he remembered. ‘Then you heard only: “Diego! Ihave​ a theory – more of a hunch, really – that to be a real football fan you have to commit to a team by the age of six, or eight at the latest. News, results and discussion about the beautiful game. Listen to this piece read by read. Usai menerima umpan terobosan dari gelandang Argentina, tanpa mengontrol bola terlebih dulu, Maradona langsung melepas sepakan ke gawang yang mengecoh bek Gaetano Scirea … He failed another drugs test, this time for adrenaline, in the 1994 World Cup in the US. By Joined Feb 10, 2017 Messages 8,119 Location All over the place. No doubt Butcher couldn’t help it, though twenty and even thirty years later he was still talking about wanting to punch or throttle Maradona for the goal he’d scored unapologetically with his fist four minutes earlier. It’s enough to make you cry, forgive me. Apart from the biggest talent in the world, that is. He was polymorphous. It was a beautiful goal. England vs Argentina. Maradona in 1984 was ‘broken, famished and restless’, Saviano said, and ‘therefore perfect for Naples’. It’s the art of katano. Someone counted that Gentile had committed 23 fouls on Maradona that day. That’s just not true, they either support Brazil, or they support Maradona. It didn’t last. He expected his loyalty to be repaid. In the 1990 World Cup, Argentina faced Italy in a semi-final in Naples. Italy were ahead in the sixth minute, via a penalty scored by Alessandro Altobelli. What planet are you from, to leave in your wake so many Englishmen?” screamed Radio Argentina’s commentator Victor Hugo Morales in Spanish. Juventus 138,647 views Argggh this one will be tough to vote for. 28 Little Russell Street But there are other connotations too: to dodge, swerve, feint. Read | Diego Maradona at World Cup 1982: the innocent devil. He wrote his autobiography there: ‘Here in the Havana night, while I learn to savour Cuban cigars, I begin to remember,’ turning his mind back to Villa Fiorito, the ‘poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires’ where he grew up, in a house ‘where it rained more inside than out’. In many ways, the Argentina of 1986 were similar to Napoli: a primarily defensive-minded team with few outstanding talents. Writing after Maradona’s death, footballer after Indian footballer has pointed out the pivotal role that 1986 played in their understanding of the game’s full potential. Would Messi have had the same success as Mardona against defences having Maldini, Baresi, Tasotti, Bergomi, Scirea and Gentile week-in week-out? the author. The fans replied with a huge banner hung from the stands of San Paolo stadium: ‘Diego, we love you, but we are Italian.’ Italy soon went 1-0 up, to the crowd’s delight. Back to the Bengalis. His cocaine and alcohol problems persisted. In the round-of-16 match against Uruguay, Maradona seemed to be playing a different game from the other 21 players around him. ‘Soy inglés,’ I replied earnestly, as if anyone cared. Not even Pelé in 1970 dominated an entire tournament all by himself, the way Maradona dominated Mexico ’86. For the longest time, the match was nothing to write home about. vhs challenges the great samples of the 80s platini, zico, maradona, scirea, antognoni, conti, rummenigge, p. rossi, di bartolomei vhs sealed duration 65 miniutes more than 1850 positive warranty feedback !! Please change your browser settings to allow Javascript content to run. Going into the quarter-final against England, he’d scored just one goal, in a 1-1 draw with Italy, but he’d already made the tournament his own. ‘The fouling was unbelievable,’ he later wrote. Until 22 June, he was everyone’s hero. But he dribbled himself into cul-de-sacs. Everyone high-mindedly claimed it was the Hand of God they couldn’t stand, but I wondered, and still wonder, if it wasn’t the second goal that riled them; or both goals together, in such close order. Did none of these boys remember how they’d felt, or what they’d said, about Maradona only days earlier? By Keiran Smith The Associated Press. In that moment, our homeland … was Diego.’. Terry Butcher came again to tackle. None of those goals was scored by Diego Maradona, but he set them all up. The Azzurri overcame all the odds, controversy, doubts and even scandal to lift the 1982 World Cup. Everyone (well, almost everyone) had the Panini sticker album and was blowing all their pocket money trying to complete it. Argentinian forward Diego Maradona (R) and Italian defender Gaetano Scirea during the World Cup first round match between Argentina and Italy 05 June 1986 in Puebla. The Editor Maradona was already running at full speed to meet the pass before the ball had even left Valdano's boot, rushing past Italy defender Gaetano Scirea. A place in the semi-finals was up for grabs. Before the 1986 World Cup, hardly anyone in India knew of Maradona. r/soccer: The football subreddit. Jul 26, 2019 #54 Jim Beam The Joker. But that only diminishes him. Under Maradona’s captaincy, Napoli won the scudetto in 1987 and 1990, finished second in 1988 and 1989, and took the Coppa Italia in 1987 and the Uefa Cup in 1989. The likes of Scirea, Barresi etc were more skilful and blessed than any of the lesser mortals playing at this moment. On the other hand the pace of the game is vastly superior in the Messi era comapared to the Maradona era, when goalkeeper could still pick up the backpass.

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