The Argentine star Diego Armando Maradonawho would be turning 64 this Wednesday, left iconic phrases that remained in the collective unconscious of the people.
Four years after he physically left on November 25, the idol is still present in the Argentine people and his phrases are a legacy that he left beyond his indelible marks on a playing field.
1. “I made a mistake and paid, but the ball is not stained”
In 2001, during his farewell match at La Bombonera, Maradona spoke to all the people who filled the Boca venue and left this phrase to remember, referring to his sanctions in football and the punishments he received.
2. “Assholes are like ants, they are everywhere in the world”
Maradona appeared in Córdoba with this slogan on a t-shirt but it was in January 2019 that he launched this phrase after undergoing an MRI in Buenos Aires that kept him hospitalized in a clinic for several hours.
3. “You don’t feel sorry for anyone, teacher”
In the mid-90s, as a guest on “El Equipo de Primera” he interrupted a heated discussion between José Sanfilippo, Óscar Ruggeri and Héctor Veira, three idols of San Lorenzo, because the former told him that he felt sorry for Veira.
It was at that time when Maradona asked Fernando Niembro, host of the legendary program, to speak and launched this memorable phrase.
4. “The turtle escaped”
The journalist Niembro himself assures that Maradona told him this phrase in relation to a television debate about whether Villa Fiorito or the Brazilian Pelé was better.
But reality indicates that Maradona is referring to James Cheek, the former US ambassador to Argentina between 1993 and 1996, who sent for a turtle that his son had lost in a 3,000-hectare field and, according to Diego’s anecdote, The official published an advertisement in the newspapers.
5. “They cut off my legs”
After beating Nigeria in the second game of the group stage of the 1994 World Cup in the United States, a nurse entered the playing field to take Maradona for an anti-doping test which, a day later, returned a positive result that is still being tested today. in doubt.
The career of the native of Villa Fiorito in the Argentine National Team had ended unjustly and, in dialogue with Adrián Paenza almost on national television, Maradona launched this phrase from his deepest pain of having been excluded from the World Cup.
6. “Segurola y Habana 4310, seventh floor. And let’s see if it lasts 30 seconds”
On October 7, 1995, Maradona once again wore the Boca shirt at La Bombonera in a match against Colón de Santa Fe. Julio César Toresani played on that Sabalero team, with whom he had a heated discussion on the field of play over clear issues. of the party.
After the meeting, the native of Villa Fiorito did not mince words before the microphones and invited him to fight hand to hand at Segurola and Habana 4310, his home in Villa Devoto. Finally, that did not happen and the twists of life led them to be teammates in Boca years later.
7. “I grew up in a private neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Deprived of electricity, water, and telephone.”
The occurrence of Maradona in its maximum splendor to describe the living conditions he had in his harsh childhood in the deprived neighborhood of Villa Fiorito, Lanús.
8. “More fake than a sky dollar”
In 2005, in the midst of a dispute with his surroundings, Maradona used this phrase to refer to someone from said circle.
9. “I only ask that you let me live my own life. I never wanted to be an example”
In relation to the place that society and journalism put him as an example to follow, Maradona launched this phrase emphasizing that he did not want to be an example to anyone and, consequently, let him live his life. Some time later, he added to the phrase that “parents are examples” when asked if he considers himself an example for the little ones.
10. “My dreams are two. My first dream is to play in the World Cup, and the second is to become champion of the Octava and whatever follows in the eastern championship”
Being just a child in the Argentinos Juniors youth team, the football world was already talking about the boy who dazzled and could be better than Pelé. For this reason, Maradona was interviewed by a program of the time and issued this phrase that, over time, was taken out of context by cutting it to “become champion” as if he were referring to doing so with the Argentine National Team and not with the Argentine team. Paternal.
Source: Ambito
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