As an English football fan, that cheered me up (it still hurts). I suspect no English football fan could accept Maradona as the greatest.
Do you know about Pelé?
When I was a kid, it seems everyone (even non fans) knew Pelé was the greatest.
everyone celebrates this goal. No fan has ever given him shit about it
The Hand of God is a clear foul, but the Goal of the Century is clean as a whistle. Funnily, these two goals alone — both so different — are pretty much the summary of Diego Maradona
I'm not sure it makes sense to compare greats of different generations. In athletics we can clearly see the improvement from generation to generation so if you plucked them out at their heights Messi is probably a better player than Maradona and Maradona a better player than Pelé, but had they all played at the same time who knows?
By the way, both Maradona and Messi when previously asked, have answered something along the lines that that he was the greatest.
Nice one. I think this post will go over most peoples' heads but I had a good laugh.
Maybe Maradona was that way in his day -- I'm barely aware that he was a good player of yesteryear -- but his drug problems (and the fact that his heyday was so long ago) make him much less relatable or exciting to investigate as a inspiration.