It's just the english media,not english fans english fans forgot about handball, days after it happened but journalists want to keep the spite and hate alive,its the same in ireland with Henry hand ball v REPUBLIC, irish fans never bring it up,irish media never let it go
Let’s get it right. It’s the English media. Their hypocrisy is disgusting. It was ok for the English to try and kick Maradona up and down the pitch that day. I would rather an opponent hand balled against me than have studs raked down my Achilles or an elbow on my face. England set out to do that to Maradona that day whilst Maradona’s was spur of the moment. Who’s the bigger cheats? RIP Diego. Was a pleasure to see you at Hampden in 1979. You were a pure genius.🏴
Maradona not only the most talented player i’ve ever seen.. But also the most passionated footballer world ever known.. He’s always brought magic & joy to all who watched him play.. Nobody could match this from Maradona.. The greatest ever embraced football..
Maradona made futbol more popular around the world because of not jus his skills, and artistry but the will and passion he had was captivating. From the Caribbean, Maradona was always respected as arguably the greatest
Diego's era was the toughest ... there were many high-quality players, and they hit much more than today ... those who hit were rarely penalized. And everything he achieved was achieved on weak teams ... he was never on teams with the best players of his time. He had to face the best players and teams. Messi has been great, but he has been great in the best teams of his era and playing with some of the best players of his era. No one had the context of Diego ... no one ... all the other greats in soccer history played for the best teams of their eras with several of the best teammates and national teams of their time. Diego was the best of all!
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI Are we talking about soccer players, or are you an orphan and are you looking for a daddy... soccer, in case you didn't know, is a collective sport... Diego was not in the best teams of his time or in the best national teams of that time. He didn't even have the best companions That is why his achievements weigh more than those of any other historical soccer player. Distéfano, Pelé, Cruyff, Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi... all of them played in the best teams of their time... and some of them even in the best national teams of their times. Disciplined? Many players were never disciplined and you never find out because their scandals are covered... or do you think that Diego was the only soccer player who ever took drugs in his time or any other? The difference is that Diego denounced the powerful of politics and soccer, other players did not and do not And if you think that drugs make you more lucid to play or improve your physique for sports, you don't understand anything 0 european cups? Where was the UEFA Cup from... Africa? Cheat? For a goal with the hand in the WC? Do you think he had planned to make a goal with his hand from the beginning? Have you ever seen a player admitting when he illegally scored? What about the World Cup that England won in England 1966 with a ghost goal in the final? Or the one that Uruguay won in Uruguay 1930? Or the one that Italy won in Italy 1934, Germany in Germany 1974, or France in France 1998? They all won fair? Ok... and what about Thierry Henry's handball goal that gave France the qualification against Ireland in 2009? Thanks to that scandal, they began to talk about implementing the VAR, and even with the VAR there is still cheating... Only now the cheating is legalized. Didn't you see the goal that Peru was not validated a few days ago? Do you really think Paul the octopus guessed who was going to win in 2010? Messi did not fail at PSG? Messi's PSG is a better team than all the teams Maradona played for in his career It is easy to be the best playing in the best teams and alongside the best players of an era... the difficult thing is to be the best playing against the best players and teams of an era Diego is the only one of the so-called best in history who did not play in the best teams of his time, nor in the best national teams of his time and still proved to be the best of all If you want more information, Diego is also the most beaten player in the history of soccer... that's how unstoppable he was... violence had to be mediated to stop him. He is still considered the player with the best performance in history in a world cup (1986) And most of his career he played injured... even in Seville I also invite you to see how his ankle was when he played the 1990 World Cup Nobody plays a World Cup, or any other competition, with an ankle like that He is idolized by Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Messi, Ibrahimovic and many other great players... Are they all wrong?
Tim Vickery is always a must listen on South American football, and he delivers on Maradona tonight. Not sure why Jonathan Wilson was being given prominence with Tim's vast knowledge of South America
He has written a book on Argentinian football. In addition to this, his encyclopaedic knowledge on the modern game, is unrivalled. Lastly, I would like you to kindly listen to Wilson as I'm sure that you would most definitely come out impressed.
@@Bart_Allen_YT Wilson's knowledge isn't unrivalled. Vickery is THE MAN for English language South American football coverage. He lives down there; lives and breathes it. Wilson just bores people in The Guardian every week
@@pbplauralfilms I see. I know that Tim Vickery's the man for South American football. But perhaps Wilson was available at an earlier slot. 😁 Nonetheless, I enjoyed both their rivetting discussions.
Excellent commentary and thoughts regarding Maradona. I could listen to you both talk about him all day! Thank you for paying him the respect he deserves.
One of the very best talks I have seen in English on grande Diego aside from other's which originate from those associated with the La Bombonera , thank you. RIP ~ QEPD Diego Armando Maradona ☆
Consider this -- Napoli's stadium was named the Stadio San Paolo, after St. Paul. In a predominantly Catholic country, naming a stadium after a saint makes sense. Maradona died and a week later, Napoli renamed the stadium in Maradona's honor. That should tell everyone about how legendary Maradona was and will always be.
I remember Scholes scoring a deliberate handball for England whilst Keegan was manager of England. Both player and manager laughed it off as it was part of the game. Not to mention the British media that displayed its unconscious bias towards 'one of its own.' The glaring hypocrisy in the constant label of cheat towards Maradona seems to have gone over the heads of the English.
It's fairly across the board this type of hypocrisy / double standards. Likewise Ireland have never forgotten or forgiven Thierry Henry for the handball against Ireland 2009. If your team is the benefactor it's different isn't it? What goes around comes around.
Agree 👍..his second goal was worthy of any game of that huge massive weight on his shoulders! I would of done the same for my country!... he was a genius 👏 and football is weaker without him...rip you icon of ⚽️ x
Maradona never went on a pitch with a thought to cheating in his career .. 1 second out of 20 years, anyone who want's to lazily characterise him put that in your stats column
Yes - a big "thank you" to Tim Vickery for recognising and understanding The Maradona ... especially reg, (the lame old tired worn-out story) of Maradona being a "cheat", by saying; he was the biggest victim of being cheated [intentionally fouled] against. .... and how did he always react ??? ... not the way in which we (in England) have pathetically drool on. .... In '87 I saw him play a couple of time in the Copa America while I was in Argentina ... and yes, I crossed the railway line and entered into Villa Fiorita to see the shack in which he was brought up. ... born a peasant - eh ... but everyone who knew him loved him. .... as someone said; it's not what he did to his own life but what he did to other people’s lives. .... football died for me in '90. No one gave me such joy - at any level - as Diego gave me .... I suppose I'm not the only one - as he got three days of national mourning!
as an Argentinean I could say , Mr Vickery has a very accurate view of Diego , latin America football and the relationship between the two countries, I couldn't take a word out of the whole interview. 7:55 Argentinos Juniors 5 Boca 2 (Diego scored 4) ruclips.net/video/5Az4fDGhJ9I/видео.html
Diego Maradona The God of Football title he earned True gifted Genius GOAT . Any kid wants play football 1st lesson in any academy Life is Life Diego warm up to the music Wasn't just a footballer he was an Artist ,anything round ,anything could kick was his canvas . RIP D10S
cortisone injections dissolve bone and ligaments,, Fenwick admitted he tried to kick him off the pitch, Maradona a team player, self sacrifice, Pele Cruyff Messi Ronaldo all about themselves not team players,,,Listen to Jimmy Hill and Davies BBC quarter final WC 86 saying Maradona is acting,,, Typical He was kicked,,,Lineker got it correct about Maradona
It's embarrassing hearing us english moaning about the handball almost 40 years later. He did what we've all done at times on a football pitch. I'm sure he wanted to header it but when he realised he couldn't, instinct took over due to his deep desire to win. Of course cheating is wrong, but it wasn't premeditated cheating, it happened in a split second. Look in the last 20 years how many high profile footballers have blatantly cheated in much worse ways than maradonna did. Branding him a cheater for life over one moment which lasted less than a second is far worse than a handball! I will say that I don't think that Messi has been totally protected, I remember a certain game against real madrid where Ramos tried to end his career.
Agreed. In fact, I'd argue that Terry Fenwick's brutal off-the-ball elbow in Maradona's face in the very same match was worse than the handball. Handling the ball merely broke the rules of the game, while the elbow in the face was thuggery, and might've broken Maradona's jaw..
This interview is a gem, easily the most perceptive and heartfelt appraisal of the great man. It's also a resounding slap in the face of all the petty Brit detractors of D10S.
There're some things I don't agree with what Tim says, one is Diego prepared a lot to play 94 WC, he loved the challenge & he was perfectly fit to play, the anti doping incident was rather confusing , - 1st Why Maradona and not other player?, 2nd- the nurse went to the pitch to look for him, which is weird, 3th, there wasn't cocaine, he took a dietary suplement -Ripped Fuel- given by his personal trainer, and it contained efedrine.
No better man than Tim to give a fair appraisal of the genius of Diego. His point on USA94 and ban is seldom made but shared by me....drugs didn't enhance his football...probably had a negative impact...Ben Johnson was all about PEDs ...Maradona needed help to shift the beef
A big fan of English/British culture but please don't tell me the English are so virtuous and an example of moral conduct. Maradona's had goal didn't kill anyone, unlike Thatchers approval of torpedoing The General Belgrano outside the exclusion zone as set by the British forces, killing over 200 young sailors....! But I'm not here to fight the Falklands war again. I'm here to tell any English fans who want to call Maradona a cheat, yet and how Tim V said, he was being kicked from pillar to post in that game, the English started the cheating.
There is a saying about D10S that goes like this...ITS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH YOUR LIFE DIEGO,ITS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO OUR LIVES THAT MATTER'S...WOW !! there are statements and then there are statements !!
24:07 - I must disagree with Tim Vickery here. There is one person who would cause game postponement: Sir Paul McCartney. Longtime Everton fan, born in Liverpool.....everything he did with the Beatles, Wings, his solo career, his life.... I think McCartney is the answer.
Greatest player i've seen. He was even better in the semi final against Belgium. He was magnificent in 86.
I'm from Argentina. I'm impressed at Tim's take on Diego and our history. I think you've got it. Thank you. Still sad at Diego's passing
A real journalist that describes the true Genius of Maradona. I am disgusted at the British Media for trying to knock the great man
It's just the english media,not english fans english fans forgot about handball, days after it happened but journalists want to keep the spite and hate alive,its the same in ireland with Henry hand ball v REPUBLIC, irish fans never bring it up,irish media never let it go
Dermot Purcell They should know that it is ok to cheat against England and it is actively encouraged worldwide.
Let’s get it right. It’s the English media. Their hypocrisy is disgusting. It was ok for the English to try and kick Maradona up and down the pitch that day. I would rather an opponent hand balled against me than have studs raked down my Achilles or an elbow on my face. England set out to do that to Maradona that day whilst Maradona’s was spur of the moment. Who’s the bigger cheats? RIP Diego. Was a pleasure to see you at Hampden in 1979. You were a pure genius.🏴
Great interview 👍👏
Stop using British when you mean English. The UK is four nations.
Tim never fails, one of the best.
A Son of Argentina but a Gift to all Mankind! Genio Genio Genio RIP KING DIEGO, GOAT!
Tim vickery an unbiased opinion of diego maradona. BRAVO to you.
One of the best historically accurate commentary regarding Maradona and his death. Well done. He was the GOAT!
Vickers, brilliant respect to you and RIP Diego
By far the best analysis of maradona I’ve heard
One of the best voices on diego i've heard, very interesting
Maradona not only the most talented player i’ve ever seen..
But also the most passionated footballer world ever known..
He’s always brought magic & joy to all who watched him play..
Nobody could match this from Maradona..
The greatest ever embraced football..
I think its brilliant it took an Englishman to sum up Maradona's game fairly, succinctly, with warts and all, and with total appreciation.
Maradona made futbol more popular around the world because of not jus his skills, and artistry but the will and passion he had was captivating. From the Caribbean, Maradona was always respected as arguably the greatest
I can't agree more!
Great analysis by Tim Vickery on the greatest player to kick a football - Diego Maradona
Tim vickers fantastic description and
details of Diego's life.
Diego's era was the toughest ... there were many high-quality players, and they hit much more than today ... those who hit were rarely penalized.
And everything he achieved was achieved on weak teams ... he was never on teams with the best players of his time. He had to face the best players and teams.
Messi has been great, but he has been great in the best teams of his era and playing with some of the best players of his era.
No one had the context of Diego ... no one ... all the other greats in soccer history played for the best teams of their eras with several of the best teammates and national teams of their time.
Diego was the best of all!
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI Are we talking about soccer players, or are you an orphan and are you looking for a daddy... soccer, in case you didn't know, is a collective sport... Diego was not in the best teams of his time or in the best national teams of that time. He didn't even have the best companions
That is why his achievements weigh more than those of any other historical soccer player.
Distéfano, Pelé, Cruyff, Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi... all of them played in the best teams of their time... and some of them even in the best national teams of their times.
Disciplined? Many players were never disciplined and you never find out because their scandals are covered... or do you think that Diego was the only soccer player who ever took drugs in his time or any other? The difference is that Diego denounced the powerful of politics and soccer, other players did not and do not
And if you think that drugs make you more lucid to play or improve your physique for sports, you don't understand anything
0 european cups? Where was the UEFA Cup from... Africa?
Cheat? For a goal with the hand in the WC? Do you think he had planned to make a goal with his hand from the beginning? Have you ever seen a player admitting when he illegally scored?
What about the World Cup that England won in England 1966 with a ghost goal in the final? Or the one that Uruguay won in Uruguay 1930? Or the one that Italy won in Italy 1934, Germany in Germany 1974, or France in France 1998? They all won fair?
Ok... and what about Thierry Henry's handball goal that gave France the qualification against Ireland in 2009? Thanks to that scandal, they began to talk about implementing the VAR, and even with the VAR there is still cheating... Only now the cheating is legalized. Didn't you see the goal that Peru was not validated a few days ago?
Do you really think Paul the octopus guessed who was going to win in 2010?
Messi did not fail at PSG? Messi's PSG is a better team than all the teams Maradona played for in his career
It is easy to be the best playing in the best teams and alongside the best players of an era... the difficult thing is to be the best playing against the best players and teams of an era
Diego is the only one of the so-called best in history who did not play in the best teams of his time, nor in the best national teams of his time and still proved to be the best of all
If you want more information, Diego is also the most beaten player in the history of soccer... that's how unstoppable he was... violence had to be mediated to stop him.
He is still considered the player with the best performance in history in a world cup (1986)
And most of his career he played injured... even in Seville
I also invite you to see how his ankle was when he played the 1990 World Cup
Nobody plays a World Cup, or any other competition, with an ankle like that
He is idolized by Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Messi, Ibrahimovic and many other great players... Are they all wrong?
Vickery made an excellent point seldom covered about Maradona being cheated against. RIP the greatest ever
Maradona: a modern day Greek epic told in real time. RIP.
Great to see the full extent of Maradona's life experience covered. Vickery always top quality.
Tim Vickery is always a must listen on South American football, and he delivers on Maradona tonight. Not sure why Jonathan Wilson was being given prominence with Tim's vast knowledge of South America
He has written a book on Argentinian football. In addition to this, his encyclopaedic knowledge on the modern game, is unrivalled.
Lastly, I would like you to kindly listen to Wilson as I'm sure that you would most definitely come out impressed.
@@Bart_Allen_YT Wilson's knowledge isn't unrivalled. Vickery is THE MAN for English language South American football coverage. He lives down there; lives and breathes it. Wilson just bores people in The Guardian every week
@@pbplauralfilms I see. I know that Tim Vickery's the man for South American football.
But perhaps Wilson was available at an earlier slot. 😁
Nonetheless, I enjoyed both their rivetting discussions.
Tim Vickery is a man of integrity unlike others... respect! Let the truth be told...RIP🔟💙🔟💙
Thanks Tim - you were a breadth of fresh air
Excellent commentary and thoughts regarding Maradona. I could listen to you both talk about him all day! Thank you for paying him the respect he deserves.
I'm his devoted Chinese fan. I agree with you, this is one of the two best programs in English I have seen these three days.
One of the best interviews ive seen about Maradona, and im from Argentina, Been watching a LOT
One of the very best talks I have seen in English on grande Diego aside from other's which originate from those associated with the La Bombonera , thank you.
RIP ~ QEPD Diego Armando Maradona ☆
A wonderful summation of what was truly the gift and the curse. The greatest footballer ever destroyed by that which made him.
excellent as always Tim.. i hope more people will hear you
Consider this -- Napoli's stadium was named the Stadio San Paolo, after St. Paul. In a predominantly Catholic country, naming a stadium after a saint makes sense. Maradona died and a week later, Napoli renamed the stadium in Maradona's honor.
That should tell everyone about how legendary Maradona was and will always be.
Great interview/video, really enjoyed it.
Great analysis Tim on the Argentine history and make up at that time that most inc me wouldn't have been aware of
I remember Scholes scoring a deliberate handball for England whilst Keegan was manager of England. Both player and manager laughed it off as it was part of the game. Not to mention the British media that displayed its unconscious bias towards 'one of its own.' The glaring hypocrisy in the constant label of cheat towards Maradona seems to have gone over the heads of the English.
It's fairly across the board this type of hypocrisy / double standards. Likewise Ireland have never forgotten or forgiven Thierry Henry for the handball against Ireland 2009. If your team is the benefactor it's different isn't it? What goes around comes around.
Agree 👍..his second goal was worthy of any game of that huge massive weight on his shoulders! I would of done the same for my country!... he was a genius 👏 and football is weaker without him...rip you icon of ⚽️ x
It's not unconscious bias. A ridiculous term in my opinion.
It's a bias they were very conscious of, and had no problem with.
Tim Vickery is superb.
@@jm-np4mu and at least Maradonas handball was classy Henry's was pathetic.
Every deliberate foul on him was a form of cheating.
Love Tim Vickery
Maradona never went on a pitch with a thought to cheating in his career .. 1 second out of 20 years, anyone who want's to lazily characterise him put that in your stats column
i am his biggest fan, but there are many other hand ball goals he scored lol, with napoli, boca,
@@Gracchi That's true in retrospect, he never had to buy a foul though, they were given away
Yes - a big "thank you" to Tim Vickery for recognising and understanding The Maradona ... especially reg, (the lame old tired worn-out story) of Maradona being a "cheat", by saying; he was the biggest victim of being cheated [intentionally fouled] against. .... and how did he always react ??? ... not the way in which we (in England) have pathetically drool on. .... In '87 I saw him play a couple of time in the Copa America while I was in Argentina ... and yes, I crossed the railway line and entered into Villa Fiorita to see the shack in which he was brought up. ... born a peasant - eh ... but everyone who knew him loved him. .... as someone said; it's not what he did to his own life but what he did to other people’s lives. .... football died for me in '90. No one gave me such joy - at any level - as Diego gave me .... I suppose I'm not the only one - as he got three days of national mourning!
What a great analysis by Tim, gives even more fascinating insights into a footballing genius.
Tim Vickery, You talk, I learn. God Bless You. And your dogs :-)
as an Argentinean I could say , Mr Vickery has a very accurate view of Diego , latin America football and the relationship between the two countries, I couldn't take a word out of the whole interview.
7:55 Argentinos Juniors 5 Boca 2 (Diego scored 4)
ruclips.net/video/5Az4fDGhJ9I/видео.html
Increible. Gracias por compartir este video fantastico. Que verguenza para Gatti.
Tim you are a good man. God bless you.
Superb
Great interview!
One of the greatest team players in football history .He totally utilised his talent for his team mates .
Maradona is not in a group of 4 or 5 because no one can do what he can do with the ball.Not even close.
Diego Maradona The God of Football title he earned True gifted Genius GOAT .
Any kid wants play football 1st lesson in any academy Life is Life Diego warm up to the music Wasn't just a footballer he was an Artist ,anything round ,anything could kick was his canvas . RIP D10S
cortisone injections dissolve bone and ligaments,, Fenwick admitted he tried to kick him off the pitch, Maradona a team player, self sacrifice, Pele Cruyff Messi Ronaldo all about themselves not team players,,,Listen to Jimmy Hill and Davies BBC quarter final WC 86 saying Maradona is acting,,, Typical He was kicked,,,Lineker got it correct about Maradona
Alf Ramsay said he worked harder than Pele
@@seanmakhards1020 maradona a team player too.
It's embarrassing hearing us english moaning about the handball almost 40 years later. He did what we've all done at times on a football pitch. I'm sure he wanted to header it but when he realised he couldn't, instinct took over due to his deep desire to win. Of course cheating is wrong, but it wasn't premeditated cheating, it happened in a split second. Look in the last 20 years how many high profile footballers have blatantly cheated in much worse ways than maradonna did. Branding him a cheater for life over one moment which lasted less than a second is far worse than a handball!
I will say that I don't think that Messi has been totally protected, I remember a certain game against real madrid where Ramos tried to end his career.
Agreed. In fact, I'd argue that Terry Fenwick's brutal off-the-ball elbow in Maradona's face in the very same match was worse than the handball. Handling the ball merely broke the rules of the game, while the elbow in the face was thuggery, and might've broken Maradona's jaw..
@@vampireducks1622 True it should have been a straight red.
This interview is a gem, easily the most perceptive and heartfelt appraisal of the great man. It's also a resounding slap in the face of all the petty Brit detractors of D10S.
Thank you Tim
Excellent, insightful!
El mejor de la historia. Qué habilidad tenía. Se lo extraña.
There're some things I don't agree with what Tim says, one is Diego prepared a lot to play 94 WC, he loved the challenge & he was perfectly fit to play, the anti doping incident was rather confusing , - 1st Why Maradona and not other player?, 2nd- the nurse went to the pitch to look for him, which is weird, 3th, there wasn't cocaine, he took a dietary suplement -Ripped Fuel- given by his personal trainer, and it contained efedrine.
Seeing GHWBush at the stadium was bad omen
No better man than Tim to give a fair appraisal of the genius of Diego. His point on USA94 and ban is seldom made but shared by me....drugs didn't enhance his football...probably had a negative impact...Ben Johnson was all about PEDs ...Maradona needed help to shift the beef
The greatest.
A big fan of English/British culture but please don't tell me the English are so virtuous and an example of moral conduct. Maradona's had goal didn't kill anyone, unlike Thatchers approval of torpedoing The General Belgrano outside the exclusion zone as set by the British forces, killing over 200 young sailors....!
But I'm not here to fight the Falklands war again. I'm here to tell any English fans who want to call Maradona a cheat, yet and how Tim V said, he was being kicked from pillar to post in that game, the English started the cheating.
Bravo Tim. 👏
Great interview, but way way too many adds, what settings has this channel have theirs on?!
There is a saying about D10S that goes like this...ITS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH YOUR LIFE DIEGO,ITS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO OUR LIVES THAT MATTER'S...WOW !! there are statements and then there are statements !!
maradona obituary
24:07 - I must disagree with Tim Vickery here. There is one person who would cause game postponement: Sir Paul McCartney. Longtime Everton fan, born in Liverpool.....everything he did with the Beatles, Wings, his solo career, his life....
I think McCartney is the answer.