Loved Messi, admired Ronaldo, respected Zidane. But, I’ll never see anyone again with as commanding a presence on a football park in my lifetime. Diego Armando Maradona was the greatest!
@@ohtito2577 Of course. CR7 was brilliant, but that was Cristiano. There was only one Ronaldo, R9, the ‘Fenómeno’. My personal favourite was Maradona, the ‘heartbeat’ of every team he played for, so dominant.
I'm English and have no issue with Maradona or the hand of God goal. These things happen in football. And if we are being honest, there were probably 3 straight red card fouls against him by England players in that game before he even scored with his hand, or his second goal which was a masterpiece.
Agreed I remember watching as a kid and wasn't bothered by the hand of God , was first time watching football and Maradona mesmerised me ( as did Platini in that world cup ) ...true about the fouls Diego got in that game but also Hoddle was blatantly hacked down and no foul then Maradona scores about 10 seconds later
The English players(as did other nations players) spent the game trying to snap him and take him out the game instead of tackling him cos they couldn't get near him with fair challenges. Let's not get too fucking sanctimonious about fair play here 😂
I feel like I should say something sanctimonious here. I don't think English people hate Maradona. Whatever jokes or jibes were made at him, when he died, the talk in England was all about the loss of a football genius, and any replays of the cheating twat punching the ball into the net are nearly always accompanied by the other goal he scored that game, when he took the ball 60 yards, beating 5 defenders and the goalie. Pure genius. Also, I'd just like to point out that although Geoff Hursts shot in 1966 bounced outside the goal, if you watch the replay a few dozen times whilst having a few drinks, you can clearly see the ball spinning over the goal line whilst hurtling downwards off the bar. God Bless Maradona, God Bless Kazakhstan, and God bless our queer old dean. Huzzah!
It's nice to just make stuff up without being pulled up on it isn't it. See the first ten minutes and any fouls are part of the game at the time, in fact the Argies are equally if not worse. While a number of very fair tackles are made on him. These are then not comparable to blatantly handling the ball.
I've been at Hampden Park at the time, seen a best player of the football history about 5 meters away 😮 Couldn't get any closer as security stopped me 😢
I saw it live on TV. None of us understood in the moment it was not the head that sent that ball into the goal. He did outjump Shilton - look at the photo of the moment immortalized by Alejandro Ojeda Carbajal. It is clear though, that without the hand Maradona wouldn't have reached the ball. It is possible that the ref was tricked by the linesman assesment, it is also possible that he couldn't make himself call the goal off. In the end the better team won. Fairly? Nope.
I always suspected that the italian mafia, had stirred some pressure juice up to give the refereeing staff. Partly to make their starboy happy, and also cash in nicely on bets. There are more instances in the match, were ref is temporarily blind
@@shattered2137messi wouldn't have survived the rough and tumble of Diego's era. Built like a brick shithouse and gave it back . Plus what he did on the state of some of pitches he played on is staggering. Messi is simply amazing but for me Maradona is the goat. ..and I think messi would agree also .
We love making ourselves as the victim but would do the same without a second of thought. Maradona with his hand or with his foot is still considered by many as the(ir) greatest ever footballer. I stand with them!
More people pretending Messi doesn't even deserve a mention. Messi the goat and u know it, the speed and athleticism of the game are more intense now and Messi is insane and still makes it look easy at his age
Yes, that is right. Diego knew a lot about football but much more about social and cultural issues. He was a truly humble man, even when he touched de sky with his hand. Cheers from Buenos Aires-Argentina, and aguante Boca Juniors!!
@@12ezeesc so true about diego. delighted for argentina winning on sunday, happy for messi and the players, but more so for the fans, they in a way made the world cup, it was a great final, and the best team won. enjoy the celebrations my friend.
@@12ezeesc I'd heard that he would say that about us too but never knew for certain if it was true or not so I'm delighted you've confirmed it! I don't know if you guys truly know just how much we adored him in Scotland. I was devastated when he died. So happy you won the World Cup there. Diego would've had the biggest smile in heaven 🏴❤🇦🇷🏆🙏👏👏👏👏 🏴💩
I watch football since 1982. Maradona when was in his day was just unstoppable. And was very often in his day... Best footballer by far, at least since 1982, because I m too young to judge Pele, di Stefano, puskas and cruyf
True about the goal in 1966 it was inconclusive to give , saying that swings and roundabouts as Lampards "goal" against Germany in 2010 was a yard over the line and was never given
I’ll die happy having seen Diego and Messi do their magic two greatest Genius that the Almighty could give us ,God must be Argentine , we can only pray for another one to come along but unlikely
Best players I saw in my life, watching the sport since 1982: Maradona best of all. Then Socrates, Zico, rummenigge littbarski, Bruno conti, Laudrup, Hadji, stoichkov, Hugo sanchez, matheus, franchescoli, platini, van Basten, Roberto Baggio, Romario, Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldo the phenomenon, Roberto Carlos, pirlo, Ronaldinho, Messi, cr7, mbappe, Modric, Mario bassler, Klinsmann, Nesta, canavarro, buffon, stoikovic, lato, Schmeichel, elkjaer, Falcao (BR), seedorf, redondo, del Piero, xavi, careca, waddle, voller, kellemans, weah, jesper olsen, schiffo, riquelme, Batistuta, pfaf, valdano, anri, eto, benzema , cafu. If I had to choose two players after Diego, I would say Messi and Zidane.
Do you even know Diego's childhood?, is not fair to compair his personalitie with Messi or a lot more. Maradona grew up in a place without electricity, water, no nice bathroom only letrines outside his small house, he barely had food and clothes and he should MANTAINED his family, with BARELY 16 years old
@@zapre2284 Diego was a humble person surrounded for bad people that used him for his money and let him die, there is an investigation. He was an angel and a demon and whatever you like him or not, It doesn't change anything. BEST PLAYER EVER, NO ONE IS CLOSE TO HIM AT ALL FOR A LOT OF REASONS
I just love football. Cruyff, Beckembauer, Pelé, Maradona, Charlton, all the Ronaldos, Di Stéfano, Zidane, Eusebio, Gascoigne, Garrincha, Best, Paolo Rossi. The ones with more carisma... George Best, Maradona, Gascoigne, Cantona. I loves all of them. Regards from Argentine friends.
I believe he went on to say something to the effect of 'The English may hate me but the Scots love me'. He's still the best I've seen, a genius on the park both on the ball and off it.
English and Maradona's haters: CHEATER! AT LEAST DIEGO'S GOAL WENT IN SO GET OVER IT ALREADY!! His only mistake is that the country was Federal Germany, not Spain
1-1...& only a great clearance by B?...saved Argentina from a 2-2...after Lineker scored. Cheating the English is a worldwide passion. God has a lot to answer for...but he doesn't exist, does he/she/them...? Maradona was Argentinian...famous for their honesty & integrity...& uh...no, that's it!
Forest fan here...think Shilton has been let off his whole life with the Hand Of God thing...6ft and he's jumping with his outstretched arm...and STILL Diego beats him to it...
Nobody outside of Argentina knew about Maradona when that war took place. The hand of god goal happened years after the war - maybe it was his revenge for the war.
Both his goals against England were special. I watched the game, England were never in it. England werre fortunate to get out if their group and the better team won the QF.
what is HGH? Maradona was better than messi considering how horribly he was beaten down without the referee interfeering, the mud of the pitches he played on, no physio, heavy ball...the list goes on
@@sanderoscmar5720 human growth hormone. Also though - no drug testing or VAR in maradona’s time. That would have exposed his doping and ‘Hand of God’ goal.
As the "Scottish commentator" said when Maradona scored v ENG; "His hand was placed in a natural position, on top of his head".
Aye of course it was 🏴
Based Scottish
Love those commentaries
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Loved Messi, admired Ronaldo, respected Zidane. But, I’ll never see anyone again with as commanding a presence on a football park in my lifetime. Diego Armando Maradona was the greatest!
You meant Ronaldo the Phenomenon,!
@@ohtito2577 Of course. CR7 was brilliant, but that was Cristiano. There was only one Ronaldo, R9, the ‘Fenómeno’. My personal favourite was Maradona, the ‘heartbeat’ of every team he played for, so dominant.
Maradona had the hand of god though messi has his feet
LOL. Not fit to clean George Best's boots.
And there was that little black fella, I forget his name peter or something like that
I'm English and have no issue with Maradona or the hand of God goal. These things happen in football. And if we are being honest, there were probably 3 straight red card fouls against him by England players in that game before he even scored with his hand, or his second goal which was a masterpiece.
Throw your passport in the bin traitor
Agreed I remember watching as a kid and wasn't bothered by the hand of God , was first time watching football and Maradona mesmerised me ( as did Platini in that world cup ) ...true about the fouls Diego got in that game but also Hoddle was blatantly hacked down and no foul then Maradona scores about 10 seconds later
Pathetic cuck 👎
This is the player I still like and made me smile even when he missed a penalty.
This is the greatest footballer of all time.His mastery of a football has not been seen before or since . Love from Scotland
Messi , Pele then Best ....
Jinky.....
naw he wisnae... Pele wiz followed very closely by Di Stefano the n Wee Jinky...end of. Maradona wiz good, but no as good as them 3
@@georgemcdermott9657 Ha ha, aye right enough , wee Jinky was better than Maradona ? . Bit early to be on the bevvy pal
Ronaldinho was out of this world
The English players(as did other nations players) spent the game trying to snap him and take him out the game instead of tackling him cos they couldn't get near him with fair challenges. Let's not get too fucking sanctimonious about fair play here 😂
asking the english not to be sanctimonious is like asking the earth not to spin
100% 😊
I feel like I should say something sanctimonious here.
I don't think English people hate Maradona. Whatever jokes or jibes were made at him, when he died, the talk in England was all about the loss of a football genius, and any replays of the cheating twat punching the ball into the net are nearly always accompanied by the other goal he scored that game, when he took the ball 60 yards, beating 5 defenders and the goalie. Pure genius.
Also, I'd just like to point out that although Geoff Hursts shot in 1966 bounced outside the goal, if you watch the replay a few dozen times whilst having a few drinks, you can clearly see the ball spinning over the goal line whilst hurtling downwards off the bar.
God Bless Maradona, God Bless Kazakhstan, and God bless our queer old dean.
Huzzah!
It's nice to just make stuff up without being pulled up on it isn't it. See the first ten minutes and any fouls are part of the game at the time, in fact the Argies are equally if not worse. While a number of very fair tackles are made on him. These are then not comparable to blatantly handling the ball.
The English are living in your head rent free, this guy RARELY played English teams
I've been at Hampden Park at the time, seen a best player of the football history about 5 meters away 😮
Couldn't get any closer as security stopped me 😢
grow up
@MartinWaghorn568 away an take your face for a sh7t
😂 j’ai ri , merci
Yea I hear the drugs he expelled from his body sweat were quite toxic.
Thd ref was to blame, shocking decision, the whole crowd knew. He outjumped the keeper. He was 5 foot 4.
I saw it live on TV. None of us understood in the moment it was not the head that sent that ball into the goal. He did outjump Shilton - look at the photo of the moment immortalized by Alejandro Ojeda Carbajal. It is clear though, that without the hand Maradona wouldn't have reached the ball. It is possible that the ref was tricked by the linesman assesment, it is also possible that he couldn't make himself call the goal off. In the end the better team won. Fairly? Nope.
I always suspected that the italian mafia, had stirred some pressure juice up to give the refereeing staff.
Partly to make their starboy happy, and also cash in nicely on bets.
There are more instances in the match, were ref is temporarily blind
But Maradona is right 1966 was robbed too
Captain hindsight wins everytime
Boo hoo…..
Lets talk about his other goal in that game!!!!!!! WOW
Linekar's glancing header you mean?
@@stephenhill545 of course
And look at the ball bobbling about when he's going past Hodge Reid and Co!, not carpets like today.
We'll gloss over Maradona left the engerlish and the defence on their arses in the second goal.
Greatest footballer that is ever played the game rest in peace Diego
Messi suprassed him in evey single way... Still legend.
@@shattered2137messi wouldn't have survived the rough and tumble of Diego's era. Built like a brick shithouse and gave it back . Plus what he did on the state of some of pitches he played on is staggering. Messi is simply amazing but for me Maradona is the goat. ..and I think messi would agree also .
1 of the elite best
druggi c---t
Messi won the World Cup fair and square, this guy didn't
The real crime against football would have been a team containing Terry butcher beating a team that had Maradona
But they had to cheat to win so …
least eng didnt cheat you w----r
@@MarkSmith-er7fe apart from your goal against Germany that was not over the line 🤡
Spot on mate. England were pish, as they always are at these tournaments. They could only rely on blatant cheating for them to win the World Cup.
Was Passarella still playing? He was an animal.
yep in 1966 that football never cross the line. You stole that world cup.
Three two then? 😂😂😂😂
@@numbnutz7832 probably not because germany wouldn't have been going all out in attack and left open for the break.
@@MegaMarco313 mbappe the only man to score a hatrick in a World Cup final then?
ah that old chestnut, no-one stole anything, but cry harder
We love making ourselves as the victim but would do the same without a second of thought. Maradona with his hand or with his foot is still considered by many as the(ir) greatest ever footballer. I stand with them!
Brilliant- love Maradona ❤️
Always popular round these parts. Goan yersel wee man!
Scotlands adopted son.the legend that was Diego " England heart breaker" Maradona.
Scotland's greatest success is England not having the best day
You have no hero's of your own.😂
@@tom4381 The Scots used to have many top-class ballers though.
@@tom4381you have plenty over hyped as usual engerlish arrogance in abundance.
@jimwatson3382 Maybe they do, but the fact that you lot fawn over Maradona and obsess over England is pathetic and needy.
Im 58 and he's the best ive seen, Pele was a touch early for me to appreciate but my Dad was a De Stefano man so its all opinions.
More people pretending Messi doesn't even deserve a mention. Messi the goat and u know it, the speed and athleticism of the game are more intense now and Messi is insane and still makes it look easy at his age
George Best
#Maradona Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Incredible player. All is forgiven????? Don't know about that.
@@eddiekinghamthe best ever .. shitty human being though
Oh Diego, simply the greatest in and out of the pitch!
It is true that when getting asked about the hand of god he said the English hate me but lest the Scot’s love me and that’s all it matters🤣?
Yes, that is right. Diego knew a lot about football but much more about social and cultural issues. He was a truly humble man, even when he touched de sky with his hand.
Cheers from Buenos Aires-Argentina, and aguante Boca Juniors!!
@@12ezeesc us Scot’s love the argies
@@12ezeesc so true about diego. delighted for argentina winning on sunday, happy for messi and the players, but more so for the fans, they in a way made the world cup, it was a great final, and the best team won. enjoy the celebrations my friend.
@@12ezeesc I'd heard that he would say that about us too but never knew for certain if it was true or not so I'm delighted you've confirmed it! I don't know if you guys truly know just how much we adored him in Scotland. I was devastated when he died. So happy you won the World Cup there. Diego would've had the biggest smile in heaven 🏴❤🇦🇷🏆🙏👏👏👏👏 🏴💩
I’m English , I don’t hate him. Shiltons fault that goal. Diego, best player ever
I watch football since 1982. Maradona when was in his day was just unstoppable. And was very often in his day... Best footballer by far, at least since 1982, because I m too young to judge Pele, di Stefano, puskas and cruyf
Here in Scotland, Diego is loved.
Diego,mano de dios!!!!Arm of justice!!!!
Arm of a drugs cheat more like. We have the Falklands so suck it up 🏴🏴🏴
His expressions were priceless, haha. Hes right tho.
Diego's cheeky facials when the translator is giving the response.
"Así" (so) 😂 Diego, we miss you! ❤ 🇦🇷
True about the goal in 1966 it was inconclusive to give , saying that swings and roundabouts as Lampards "goal" against Germany in 2010 was a yard over the line and was never given
Nobody talks about how, the handball notwithstanding, that was actually a really good goal.
Not Maradona’s fault Shilts was too slow off his line and the ref/linesman were useless.
Ref was a Tunisian
Love from Casablanca Morocco.
I had the privilege to meet Diego Maradona and shock his hand ❤
Or bent
Same as Andy Bhremer in 90, Chris Woods would have saved both goals.
Good one Diego, the old elephant in the room. England wouldn’t have anything to crow about bringing “home” if it were for competent refereeing.
He was asked about his cheating though.....whether England's goal should have been allowed is completely irrelevant
They shouldn't even be in the final.
Portugal was stolen even before, during and after the game... That world cup was won by politicians.
I’ll die happy having seen Diego and Messi do their magic two greatest Genius that the Almighty could give us ,God must be Argentine , we can only pray for another one to come along but unlikely
Best players I saw in my life, watching the sport since 1982: Maradona best of all. Then Socrates, Zico, rummenigge littbarski, Bruno conti, Laudrup, Hadji, stoichkov, Hugo sanchez, matheus, franchescoli, platini, van Basten, Roberto Baggio, Romario, Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldo the phenomenon, Roberto Carlos, pirlo, Ronaldinho, Messi, cr7, mbappe, Modric, Mario bassler, Klinsmann, Nesta, canavarro, buffon, stoikovic, lato, Schmeichel, elkjaer, Falcao (BR), seedorf, redondo, del Piero, xavi, careca, waddle, voller, kellemans, weah, jesper olsen, schiffo, riquelme, Batistuta, pfaf, valdano, anri, eto, benzema , cafu. If I had to choose two players after Diego, I would say Messi and Zidane.
Yeah he was always using his hand eh 😂 🏴
My best my fav phenomenal love you Maradona ❤
The bigger crime was how Shilton got outjumped by a dwarf.
I was the best before i am the best now and I'll be the best forever ✊⚽
What an absolute legend, and understood what bellends the English can be.
Que genio!
The greatest
Best ever
What goes around comes around well said Diego 🐃rip
Cracking answer that.
Grande genio! Siempre diciendo la verdad y nada más
He was surely talented but not educated enough
Do you even know Diego's childhood?, is not fair to compair his personalitie with Messi or a lot more.
Maradona grew up in a place without electricity, water, no nice bathroom only letrines outside his small house, he barely had food and clothes and he should MANTAINED his family, with BARELY 16 years old
@@ceciliaolivieri5395 And he acted like it long after leaving such an environment
@@zapre2284
Diego was a humble person surrounded for bad people that used him for his money and let him die, there is an investigation. He was an angel and a demon and whatever you like him or not, It doesn't change anything. BEST PLAYER EVER, NO ONE IS CLOSE TO HIM AT ALL FOR A LOT OF REASONS
idiot
Que grande el Diegote, siempre tapando bocas!!
Legend
Greatest ever player
Genius
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Legend.
Grande Diego 👏👏👏
Shouldn't it be dead Diego or just fatty
I just love football. Cruyff, Beckembauer, Pelé, Maradona, Charlton, all the Ronaldos, Di Stéfano, Zidane, Eusebio, Gascoigne, Garrincha, Best, Paolo Rossi. The ones with more carisma... George Best, Maradona, Gascoigne, Cantona. I loves all of them. Regards from Argentine friends.
Who’s Butcher?
The irish also love you Diego.
I believe he went on to say something to the effect of 'The English may hate me but the Scots love me'. He's still the best I've seen, a genius on the park both on the ball and off it.
Maradona is 100 percent right!
Great player, great cheat!
Diego ❤ In your face style rubbing to media 😃
Hes Class
Is this after he triumphed over Sean Locke for rear of the Year 🤔🤣🤣
Let's be honest, he cheated for one goal, but we would have lost anyway. However, if this happened against Scotland we would never hear the end of it
Te amo Dieguito
Lovely stuff
Shut up, the God of Napoli is speaking.
He is the God of football anyway, no just of napoli
English and Maradona's haters: CHEATER!
AT LEAST DIEGO'S GOAL WENT IN SO GET OVER IT ALREADY!!
His only mistake is that the country was Federal Germany, not Spain
Diego Diego Diego Diego
Meeen I love D.A.M 's response 😃😃
Do you remember that semi-final that Scotland lost in a controversial ending !?!?.
Nope, never happened or is ever going to happen.
England should just accept that second goal was legendary and the score would of been 1 0
1-1...& only a great clearance by B?...saved Argentina from a 2-2...after Lineker scored. Cheating the English is a worldwide passion. God has a lot to answer for...but he doesn't exist, does he/she/them...? Maradona was Argentinian...famous for their honesty & integrity...& uh...no, that's it!
😂😂😂😂 the king!!!!
😂 never seen that before 👋
The greatest answer to any English. Love you Diego. The GOAT.
and he s right! actually
The man knew his Audience 😂
So glad it was to England, it couldn't happen to a better country.😅😂
Yep pleasure to be in tournaments 😂.. Oh aye
Only the English could invent such a beautiful game, you're welcome xx
@@bushkat1uhm, you might want to look into who codified the rules for the modern game and who had a massive input into how the modern game evolved.
See, VAR has always sucked.
Facts. 😏
Didnt you ever hear the phrase cheats dont prosper
Scotland, the eternal joke of the English.
Vai Diego ❤
He made a few punters lose hand over fist.
🐐🐐🐐
Forest fan here...think Shilton has been let off his whole life with the Hand Of God thing...6ft and he's jumping with his outstretched arm...and STILL Diego beats him to it...
That wasn't a Scottish accent.
There is no respect for cheats and drug addicts.
Hes the only reason we remembered to defend the Falklands.
Nobody outside of Argentina knew about Maradona when that war took place. The hand of god goal happened years after the war - maybe it was his revenge for the war.
Non sequitur. A poor decision from a linesman isn't the equivalent of direct cheating by a player.
Both his goals against England were special. I watched the game, England were never in it. England werre fortunate to get out if their group and the better team won the QF.
Much as I love Diego Armando, it isn't a valid comparison.
Hurst wasn't cheating when he scored. Diego on the other hand........
If Shilton could've cheated he would have done the same or else the world cup wasn't for him
@@tudorboca86 How do you know?
That's just supposition.
@@bigbong620 if you're not willing to get a yellow or red card as long as your team goes through you're not going to win the world cup
Cool 😎 YNWA
A true hero of the Scottish 👍
Such a talent.
Such a cheat.
Every single brittish: CHEATER!
Maradona commited a mistake, the country was germany AND AT LEAST DIEGO'S GOAL WENT IN!
GET OVER IT!!
Which of these people are "Scottish media"???
legend!
@1:24 😂
Ask any Englishman...
" Would you rather win the lslas Malvinas War?... or a World Cup? "
I'm 99% sure of that answer!!!
The Falklands... they're called the Falklands 🇫🇰
@@bensims7501 😁😁😁...l was wondering how soon someone would say that!... thank you!... humans never cease to enlighten me!
@@bensims7501they were given their real name 🇦🇷 Islas Malvinas 🇦🇷
No bent refs there
The answer would be the Islas what? Always proud to fight fascism anywhere on the world.
Literally Based
Mcmaradona
Lol 😂
As an englishman...... scottish people would LOVE that answer by him. im suprised they didnt clap.
Just imagine if he was given HGH like Messi? Although he supplemented quite well with cocaine.
what is HGH? Maradona was better than messi considering how horribly he was beaten down without the referee interfeering, the mud of the pitches he played on, no physio, heavy ball...the list goes on
@@sanderoscmar5720 human growth hormone. Also though - no drug testing or VAR in maradona’s time. That would have exposed his doping and ‘Hand of God’ goal.
@@sanderoscmar5720 human growth hormone
Al final le dijo...un pedazo así tenés adentro.
LOL