zinedine zidane and david beckham

X2 · June 15, 2010, 10:51pm

You probably never watched Maradona in his prime

I know the english cannot stop moaning about that ‘hand of god’ goal in the 1986 WC conveniently forgetting the fact that Maradona scored a quite sensational second goal in the same game within 5 minutes of that first goal. Argentina beat England 2-0 (not 1-0). so handball or no handball Argentina would have still won that game.

And I could not care less if Man U are Premiership champions or it is Chelsea or Arsenal etc. Surely performance on the world or international stage should count more. I am not that into club football myself (although I do follow champions league etc.) just like I have no interest in who is winning county championship, Surrey, Essex etc.

And it is funny how some of you are defending Rooney’s (he might still go on to become one of the stars of this WC) below-par performance against USA by saying that he was not fed well by the other english players. True football is a team sport but great players also create chances themselves and do not necessarily wait to be fed at the mouth of the goal Diego Maradona scored many spectacular goals all by his own sheer brilliance. One of the goals he scored against Germancy in the 1986 WC final was a gem and it is still fresh in my memory. Infact he had a hand in all three goals scored by Argentina (won 3-2). And as good as Zidane was as a footballer, he was not even close to Maradona’s brilliance. Maradona was a unique and special talent, a phenomenal player

And better this anyone..

I did see him in his prime, but that still does not change the fact that he cheated. I stated a fact. Maradonna was great in his time, no doubt about it, learn to take a joke about his volleyball, no need to throw your toys out of the pram the same joke is now being made about henry and his handling of the ball against ireland, does not change the fact that henry was and is a great player but it does not change the fact that he cheated either.

rest of the editorial about club football or rooney is offtopic is irrelevant nut a nice attempt at a flame. sorry, no dice