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Deepest condolences from Germany. The best player of his generation

 

Such a shame he should have lived much longer

 

Very very sad, he was my father's idol.

RIP Legend

 

Didn't he have a supposed successful brain surgery few weeks ago?

I personally watched him in 1994 wc I was young but I still perfectly remember his goal vs Greece his celebration then is forever stuck in my head. Man can't believe they banned him for ephedrine what a joke

 

My condolences to all BigSoccer members who loved and appreciated Maradona's football. 60 is too young to die.

Rest In Peace, Diego.

 

He's my father fav footballer , and he;s been supporting Argentina since Kempes day. Its certainly brought up on me.

When I showed him some Diego's highlights from Boca days, I was surprised he remember what move he's about to do in most of those highlights.

 

RIP Diego. You will be missed. One of a kind.

 

Very sad news. Sorry to see him go at a young age. RIP Diego. Thanks for the memories.

 

RIP my first football hero.

 

Man, I am heartbroken. It seems like my family member died.

I am a little older than most of the members here at BigSoccer. I started following Diego from 1979.

He was my father’s favorite; my father passed away May - and that wound will never ever heal.

All my soccer following is through my father’s lens, so to hear Diego pass away the same year - man, I have tears in my eyes that are not even dropping.

 

Goodbye, Diego. Thanks for all the unforgettable moments of happiness and of sadness that you made me live. When you played against my team, I wanted to hate you, but I couldn't. Instead I admired, and most of all respected you, for all you've given to your Argentina.
Rest in peace, barrilete cósmico.
Hermanos argentinos, mis condolencias.

 

All men must die, even demi-gods, apparently. He captured my imagination at 5. So much of my love of futbol is tied to him that this is a disorienting feeling. Such a tragic life in so many ways, but it has to be said that he lived fully. RIP D10S! There'll always be a Diego sized hole in my heart.

 

It is strange, this hit me hard when I heard. I didn’t think it would. When news broke a few weeks back that he had surgery, it became okay, he’ll pull through as he always does, and he did. Today, his body had enough, it was his time. He lived a measly 60 years but in those 60 years he gave the world a lifetime of happiness. There will never be another Diego Armando Maradona.

 

RIP legend.

 

Buenos Aires. La Bombonera tonight. Total darkness but with the only light: Diego Armando Maradona’s “palco”. The only one. His place into his stadium. 🇦🇷✨ #Diego pic.twitter.com/TSIeIH2HCo

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 26, 2020

 

It’s a sad story. He started to take of his family at 15. 15... He never got the chance to develop, or didn’t know how. But that’s not here or there anymore. Time will go on and we’ll continue to remember his greatness on the pitch.
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Also, it appears Tigre will honor Diego on Sunday with this special jersey.


What a beauty.

 

Will all that's happening this year and then Diego's death, that pic feels dystopian.

 

Rest In Peace legend.

An unbelievable footballer and larger than life character.

 

I am sorry, but I am having a hard time believing he is no more. So much of my childhood was shaped by him.

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El País sports writer Diego Torres on the death of a football icon and fellow countryman:

"In terms of courage, Maradona was the greatest of all the greats. None of the most important players in the history of football were as brave as he was. None of them put themselves on the line in the way he did. None of them were as generous with their team mates as he was. None faced more powerful enemies as he did. And none of them lost as much as he did".

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What Maradona wanted to put on his tombstone - 15 years ago:

“Thanks for having played football because it’s the sport that gave me most happiness and freedom and it’s like having touched the sky with my hand. Thanks to the ball.

“Yes, I would put on the tombstone, ‘Thanks to the ball.”
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Cemetery in Naples the day when Napoli won their 1st title - message to the people buried, “You don’t know what you missed.”

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Maradona on meeting the Pope in 1987:

"I argued with him because I was in the Vatican and I saw all these golden ceilings and afterwards I heard the Pope say the Church was worried about the welfare of poor kids. Sell your ceiling then amigo, do something!"
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Zlatan on Instagram:

"Maradona is not dead he is immortal. God gave the world the best gifted football player of all times. He will live forever and ever."

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Ray Hudson:


Jorge Valdano said it perfectly..."Beyond everything else,no football ever had a better experience than when it was #diegomaradona`s left foot."
We will never see a greater footballer. Ever. Football cries for you Diego.
R.I.P.
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"No matter what you have done with your life, Diego, it matters what you have done for our lives" 👏

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola describes the impact Diego Maradona has had on world football 🌎 pic.twitter.com/x2OKjZ1msy

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) November 25, 2020

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I don’t know why anyone cares what a person can do with a ball; I only know that Maradona was able to do things with one that, when you saw them, made you feel like the universe was telling you a secret. The sight of him with the ball at his feet, this little guy with his hair streaming back, all chest and thighs and churning elbows, had a power that is given to very few people in any generation, the power to make a large part of the world hold its breath.

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Ruud Gullit:

“The best player there has ever been, better than Pele. I watched him closely in Italy every week and he was at a different level to everyone else.

“Some of the things he did were unbelievable. He could control the ball without looking, which meant if the pass was on, he would take it.”

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Matthäus story: Everyone knows he didnt shoot the pen in '90 because one of his shoes got a broken stud and he had to exchange them at half time. Only few people know though that that was not the main reason but it was the lacing of the shoes. At the farewell game of Platini in 88 Diego forgot his shoes and Lothar gave him his ones. Diego changed them to his famous upwards and loose lacing. Afterward, Matthäus kept them as they were right into the 90 final where the stud broke. So basically, that the stopgap shoes didnt have the lacing as Maradona was the reason why Brehme took the pen and not Matthäus.

The shoe and Maradona's shirt are in the German football museum today

Sie wanderten dann ins Deutsche Fußballmuseum nach Dortmund, wo sie auf der Website passenderweise neben einem Maradona-Trikot angepriesen werden. pic.twitter.com/IFmR1618Ej

— Wayne Schlegel (@WayneSchlegel_) November 25, 2020

 

The greatest player of all time.
The image of him with the World Cup trophy will live on forever.

I’m two generations after Diego but he transcended the sport. RIP legend.