Maradona Autobiography

Diego Armando Maradona is without a doubt the game’s most controversial character. Like Best, Garrincha and many others, Maradona was in the news for his off field antics as much as he was for his exploits on the field. In my eyes Diego is the best player to grace the football pitch, even better than Pele. Various football pundits have questioned the circumstances behind some of his actions, and although various theories have been propounded, none have been actually clarified.

The English version of Maradona’s autobiography is now available for his fans to read. It provides an insight into his life- right from the streets of Buenos Aires to his Goal of the Century to his near death battles with obesity.

Yours truly happened to read a particular chapter, where Maradona candidly admits that the quarterfinal clash in the 1986 World Cup was more than a simple football game between two nations. He says that the Falkland Islands war was at the back of their minds when they took the pitch, and describes the way he dribbled past England’s defence and beat Peter Shilton to score a goal that has, so far, found no threats to its status as ‘ Goal of the Century.