R.I.P. Diego Maradona

Forums:

https://www.espn.com/soccer/argentina-arg/story/4244900/argentina-legend...

The Hand of God gets caught by The Hand of Fate.

At 60 his health and appearance had declined rapidly, but in his prime, he was an incredibly gifted player who brought art, magic and style to the game, and is considered by many who follow his sport more closely than I, the greatest to have ever played the game.

wonder how much cocaine he put up his nose during his lifetime? 

Despite his post-career issues, he was a football legend who played several years for my fave team, Barcelona

que te vaya con Dios, Maradona

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Barcelona, and before that, Napoli, who he twice led to their only Italian League titles.

This is a nice highlight reel of his 50 greatest skill moves:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VmyssDtOiLM

Lived for 6 months 2 blocks away from Las Cancha in La Boca on El Caminito. One of the worst times of my life. A dead Argentino ain't a bad thing! FUCK THEM!!!! Arrogant muthafuckers!