MARADONA

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentinian soccer player born in October 30, 1960. Some of his nicknames were “el diez” and “la pelusa”. Was and is considered one of the greatest soccer players in soccer history.He was born in Villa Fiorito, shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He had two older sisters and two younger brothers, who also became professional soccer players later in their lives. When Maradona was eleven, a talent scout saw him when he was playing in his neighborhood with a soccer club called Estrella Roja. He was sixteen when he started playing with the Argentina national soccer team. He played for Argentina in the Futbol World Youth Championship when he was eighteen.  Argentina won against USSR team three to one. Maradona’s first World Cup was with Argentina in 1982 but lost their first game against Belgium. Then, they beat Hungary and El Salvador, so they still passed on to the second round. In the second round, they played against Brazil and Italy, and they were disqualified. In 1986, when Argentina was captained by Diego Armando Maradona, they went to another FIFA World Cup. Argentina won the World Cup. But in the quarter final against England, Diego made a goal with his hand. For the referee not to notice, he told his teammates to come and hug him so that the referee wouldn’t notice. The goal did count, even though the repetition showed when he hit the ball with his hand, so he called it “Hand of God” or “la mano de Dios”. After the game Diego admitted he had hit the ball with his hand.“I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me, and no one came . . . I told them, ‘Come hug me, or the referee isn’t going to allow it.” (Wikipedia)In that FIFA World Cup he played every minute.

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