Argentina captain Maradona holds aloft the Youth World Cup trophy in victory, Japan 1979.
Source: Goles Magazine, September 1979.
Bandeira soccer cartoon of the week: Diego Maradona
Soccer writers claim that Diego Maradona was the only player who single-handedly won his country a World Cup trophy. For a decade, the short, stocky Argentine sliced through opposing defenses with incredible strength and close control. Off the field, he became embroiled in drugs scandals, underwent gastric bypass surgery, and hosted a tango show before coaching Argentina to a World Cup quarterfinal in 2010. Was Diego the best player of all time?
Gabriel Batistuta in an awesome shirt.
Pew pew pew. Also I’d pay an obscene amount of money for that Nintendo Fiorentina kit.
2-The Making of Messi
“ I believe Leo comes from a marvellous planet, the one where exceptional people like violinists, architects, and doctors are created. The chosen people.” -Josep Maria Minguella
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A Postcard Home - World Cup Souvenir 1966
Argentina v Switzerland Group 2 First Round game held on 19th July 1966 at Hillsborough, Sheffield.
Argentina won 2-0 courtesy of second half goals from Luis Artime, who with 24 goals from 25 appearances is one of Argentina’s most prolific international goalscorers and Ermindo Onega. Argentina finished second in Group 2 and went on to meet England in the quarter-finals to whom they lost 1-0 at Wembley.
Switzerland finished bottom of Group 2 with the worst playing record of any of the sixteen participating nations. They lost all three group games scoring only one goal and conceding nine.
Argentina and West Germany captains Maradona and Lothar Matthäus lead their teams onto the pitch in a friendly in 1988, two years after their World Cup final in Mexico and two years before their World Cup final in Italy. The friendly was decided by a Matthäus goal in the 30th minute.
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Posters calling for a boycott of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
Read more about when “A World Cup legitimised a dictatorship” here.
Vintage Argentine Football. River Plate & Independiente 1952 team pictures. Check out more included Boca Juniors, Rosario Central & Newell Old Boys at this great blog ..
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