He'll be missed, what a wonderful player !! Make sure to watch this video where Manu chao serenades him by surprise: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tTjR4zY_c ;)
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#162In case someone has not seen the second goal against England in 1986 Original footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU An interview many years later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOz2uGMTA2w
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#163In case someone has not seen the second goal against England in 1986 Original footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU An interview many years later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOz2uGMTA2w
Can someone explain to a soccer novice why this goal is special? It looks similar to lots of others to my untrained eye.
It's not just fast running and controlling the ball like a master. It was World Soccer Cup semi-finals and against England, which invented the sport.
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#164In case someone has not seen the second goal against England in 1986 Original footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVho3I0NtU An interview many years later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOz2uGMTA2w
Can someone explain to a soccer novice why this goal is special? It looks similar to lots of others to my untrained eye.
Similar to playstation goals you mean?
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#166This is joyous, Maradona: Life is Life https://youtu.be/4vashrNoXTE
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#167A love/hate relationship with the English who I seem to remember voted the infamous Hand of God goal the worst, and the same match's blistering run and finish against them the best ever. Incredible talent, flawed man.
England should overcome this. Argentina was stolen the World Cup Final in 1990 and 2014 and you don't see them crying all over the Internet
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#168A love/hate relationship with the English who I seem to remember voted the infamous Hand of God goal the worst, and the same match's blistering run and finish against them the best ever. Incredible talent, flawed man.
I don’t know much about soccer from that era, why was he a flawed man?
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sometimes, but not this one.
True, but it was a split-second decision. Can he really be accused of premeditation?
“Premeditation” of course not. He didn’tr plan or trained for that exact play. But “intention”? For sure. He was 100% aware that he was doing an illegal movement in that split-second and he made the conscious decision to do it.
In soccer a non-goalkeeper player never uses the hand to touch the ball. There is no unconscious instinct to go after the ball with your hand. Quite the contrary btw. I just played for hobby and often when something will fall my instinct is to move my feet to ease the fall, not try to catch with my hand.
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't disagree with you. But it is not like first world countries are inmune. Just look at a current president whose lies, cheating and incompetence are inexplicably excused by 70 million first world voters.
Oh I'm not saying that it's immune at all, but the outrage against Trump is at the very least visible and palpable and those who excuse them are visibly ashamed of the support.
Trump? Look at Mike Tyson, O.J. Simpson, Kluivert, Carlton Dotson, Marc Cécillon, Bob Hewitt, Boris Becker....