{"id":2801,"date":"2016-07-09T19:24:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T13:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:43:41","slug":"maradona-world-cup-messi-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=2801","title":{"rendered":"Diego Maradona, Always The Man of the Match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T<\/span>here are many things Diego Maradona could have done after his stint as the world\u2019s greatest footballer of all time. He could have, like other legends from the world of <\/p>sport<\/a>, chosen a dignified, greying life spent in a suit throwing instructions at footballers from the other side of the touchline, he could become a football<\/a> pundit on TV, or he could have simply posed for photographs while doing humanitarian work across the globe.\n\nBut that\u2019s not who Diego Maradona is.\n\nMaradona\u2019s entire life has been a Mountain Dew commercial \u2013 full throttle, filled with thrill and adventure<\/a>. If his life were to be summarised as an inanimate object, it would be a Formula One car. It moves at speed, there\u2019s a lot of thrill, but a permanent risk that things could come crashing down any moment. He is Argentina\u2019s comic star, action hero, and chocolate boy all rolled into one.\n\nWhen he\u2019s not busy smoking pot, sporting a Che Guevara tattoo, and trying out a funky hairstyle, he\u2019s pissing people off on Twitter<\/a> with his comments and engaging in a verbal barrage with Pele<\/a>. A heart attack survivor and drug addict, he lives life to the fullest. A footballing Charlie Sheen, if you will.\n\n\"maradona1\"\n

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Maradona\u2019s entire life has been a Mountain Dew commercial \u2013 full throttle, filled with thrill and adventure.<\/p>\n

Image Credits: Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nWhen Lionel Messi\u2019s<\/a> Argentina were sweating it out on the field in a must-win game against Nigeria at the World Cup<\/a> yesterday, Maradona danced with a Nigerian fan in the stands, posed with a saint-like image of himself, looked up to the heavens every 18 seconds, enacted the Wakanda<\/a> sign, showed someone the finger, and then had to be carried away to a hospital at the end of the game. While the internet exploded with his antics, Maradona would probably call it, just another Tuesday.\n\nWhile everyone else saw a football<\/a> game, Maradona lived his life during those 90 minutes. The ups and downs, the heartbreak and the jubilation mimicked his existence. Cameramen and photographs were probably more in love with him than Messi<\/a>. With every miss and every foul, the lens panned to the stands for his reaction. Even if you missed the game, you could feel the twists and turns with his changing expressions through the course of the game. The world wide web erupted as the greatest footballer of the current generation scored on the pitch and the greatest footballer<\/a> of the previous generation cheered for him from the stands, in the manner that only he could.\n\n\"maradona2\"\n

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While everyone else saw a football game, Maradona lived his life during those 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

Image Credits: Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nIt\u2019s no wonder that while other celebrities garner respect, Diego Maradona garners only passion. He is as raw, frank, and as real as it gets. In a world that dictates political correctness<\/a> for public figures in the limelight, he has no time for it. He speaks what he thinks, emotes what he feels, supports what he likes, and consumes what he wishes, not giving a flying fuck about what anyone thinks of him. He\u2019s football\u2019s darling, who people love seeing at the games, while he has the time of his life, every single time.\n\nAs the world\u2019s most passionate Argentinian, he is GOAT at everything he commits himself to, both on and off the field. It\u2019s the only way he knows to live life. And last night he showed us that he isn\u2019t just the world\u2019s greatest footballer. He is also the world\u2019s greatest football fan.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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