Comments on: English fans care a damn about Maradona’s apology for ‘Hand of God’ goal

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:18:37 +0000

“Arsenal could have won the World Cup with Maradona”
-said by SIR Bobby Robson in 1986.
It belittles my favourite team but still it is appropriate here……………..

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:16:29 +0000

Sunit, your article echoes the same sentiments that are found in every article about the 86 WC written by an englishman. How cruel it was of Maradona to rob England of their best chance to win a WC after ’66. Get a life bob. You may not think of Maradona as a great player, but many do. Pele may indulge in many off field media-friendly activities unlike Maradona (who’s looking for thenext snot) but this is about the footballer. Pele had the best team in every WC to support him, unlike Maradona, who was THE TEAM. England may have beaten Argentina in the Falklands war, but there was only one victor on the football field in 86. And in closing, England need not accept Maradona’s heroics of 86 openly, their criticisms and blind justifications of their team of 86 indirectly indicates it. And there was a lot of that in your article. Cheers……….

By: Sunit Kumar Thakurta

Sunit Kumar Thakurta — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:31:27 +0000

Steve:
I’m a fan of yours reading your personal blog. Thanks for your kind and useful comment on this particular article. But I stand by my point about Diego Maradona’s apology. As far as I’m concerned what is the use of apologising for a hot and controversial issue that could have been handled judiciously at that very moment immediately after the match or later on? Although I was still very young at that time but reading about the history of the 86 World Cup, I don’t think Maradona rightly acted as a footballing statesman and superstar.

By: Gambia Football Supermarket

Gambia Football Supermarket — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:43:34 +0000

Diego was one of the best ever.

By: Steve Amoia

Steve Amoia — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:50:23 +0000

Sunit:

He actually apologized a few years ago.

Pele’s life off of the pitch has not exactly been a bed of roses. Obviously, global public perception about the two men is quite different.

A few days ago, Maradona was at the Chelsea training grounds. From the video that I saw, he was well-received. Joe Cole and several others posed for pictures with him.

I don’t know if you had a chance to read our Soccerlens interview with Andres Cantor. He knows Maradona personally, and had a very candid commentary about him.

A few years ago, I recall something interesting from a young Argentine, Nicolas Burdisso of Inter Milan. His daughter had a rare and serious illness. Despite Maradona’s own health problems at the time, Burdisso said, “Diego was the first to call to see if we needed anything.”

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:29:34 +0000

I think Gary Lineker said it best – “Personally, I blame the referee and the linesman, not you.”