Diego Maradona has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by bulutsuzku » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:12 PM UTC

gadders wrote: post #8

WhyNotHugo wrote: post #6

While a great football player, also serial abuser of minors. He had sex [and offspring] with many girls between 10 and 12. Even took pictures on the spot with some of them. Argentina is have a three day duel for this guy, portrayed as a hero, with honorific status. As someone born in Argentina, I can't help feeling disgust and shame on this.

And there was the Hand of God in the '86 World Cup.

And there was the Best Goal in the Soccer History in the same match... to the country which invented the Soccer, I think England still cry for this, they never recovered.

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by aloukissas » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

Imagine if we had this silly VAR technology in the 80s. Then one of the most iconic moments in football history (hand of god) would have been reviewed and dismissed.

RIP Diegito

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by bzb6 » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

WhyNotHugo wrote: post #6

While a great football player, also serial abuser of minors. He had sex [and offspring] with many girls between 10 and 12. Even took pictures on the spot with some of them. Argentina is have a three day duel for this guy, portrayed as a hero, with honorific status. As someone born in Argentina, I can't help feeling disgust and shame on this.

Maradona was an excellent football player without a doubt but all he’s done for decades now is getting a renown for being a cocaine addict, a communist, and a pederast. As per the rest of your comment I love your country but you have some very deep seated problems and having a three day duel for this piece of shit shows them very well.

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by bulutsuzku » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

whoisjuan wrote: post #7

Maradona’s documentary on HBO is excellent and really captures how incredibly far his talent was. Not just an outlier. Completely out of this world. He basically won a World Cup by himself. Really recommend it to anyone interested.

Actually he did a great job with the Argentina's coach at that time: Carlos Bilardo. He basically revolutionized Soccer and only who really understand tactics knows what he really did.

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by bulutsuzku » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

Correction: The greatest footballer of all time.

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by s_dev » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:17 PM UTC

aloukissas wrote: post #12

Imagine if we had this silly VAR technology in the 80s. Then one of the most iconic moments in football history (hand of god) would have been reviewed and dismissed. RIP Diegito

Pretty sure the British football premiership only adopted it recently.

In rugby VAR has been widely adopted for a long time.

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:18 PM UTC

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Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by corpMaverick » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:20 PM UTC

I was not really a fan and I disagreed with him on his political postures. But this is a big deal in Latin america. It is hard not to get excited listening to this song. More like a beautiful poem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5uarbz-jBA

He brought hope and excitement to people who had nothing else going on. Edit:spelling

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Post by second--shift » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:22 PM UTC

descance en paz, la mano de Dios

Re: Diego Maradona has died

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Post by dudul » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 5:23 PM UTC

s_dev wrote: post #5

nahuel0x wrote: post #2

correction: the greatest footballer of all time.

What about Pelé?

Maradona was superior.

If we focus on world cup only for example, Pele had the benefit of playing with the best team in the world. Maradona basically won the world cup on his own.