Maradona is such a monumental figure one can't even describe him in a few words. The man is quite literally full of contradictions, one would rally around him when he spoke against US Imperialism and in favor of people like Fidel, but at the same time I, as an Argentinian, can't forget details like his support towards neoliberals like Carlos Saul Menem and Domingo Cavallo. Let alone things like being abusive with women, having "parties" in which minors were involved and not recognizing some of his children for a long long time, dark stuff at the very least.
It is a troublesome character, born in the worst of poverty, he took the world by storm thanks to his magical talent with the ball, his personal life.. surrounded by the shittiest people who drove him into drugs, he literally never recovered. (I saw a devastated Maradona when he returned to Buenos Aires to coach Gimnasia de la Plata, he cried a lot during matches, he struggled when he had to speak, sometimes he would go on and derail showing some signs of cognitive decline), his family fighting for wealth, himself being used for a lot of shit like political propaganda and so on.
He is Argentina however, if one could take this entire country and put it in one person the result would be Maradona, sometimes kind, sometimes woke, sometimes insufferable, sometimes abusive, sometimes smart, sometimes talented, sometimes wrong, sometimes very wrong, sometimes philosophical. It's mixed feelings, contradictions, like his two goals against England in 1986, he cheated with the Hand of God, he realised that and went on to score the absolute best and most magical goal in World Cup history just 4 minutes later.. to even things out, so that nobody can say "Argentina won the Cup by cheating". Plus cheating against the TERF island is cool.
Maradona is such a monumental figure one can't even describe him in a few words. The man is quite literally full of contradictions, one would rally around him when he spoke against US Imperialism and in favor of people like Fidel, but at the same time I, as an Argentinian, can't forget details like his support towards neoliberals like Carlos Saul Menem and Domingo Cavallo. Let alone things like being abusive with women, having "parties" in which minors were involved and not recognizing some of his children for a long long time, dark stuff at the very least.
It is a troublesome character, born in the worst of poverty, he took the world by storm thanks to his magical talent with the ball, his personal life.. surrounded by the shittiest people who drove him into drugs, he literally never recovered. (I saw a devastated Maradona when he returned to Buenos Aires to coach Gimnasia de la Plata, he cried a lot during matches, he struggled when he had to speak, sometimes he would go on and derail showing some signs of cognitive decline), his family fighting for wealth, himself being used for a lot of shit like political propaganda and so on.
He is Argentina however, if one could take this entire country and put it in one person the result would be Maradona, sometimes kind, sometimes woke, sometimes insufferable, sometimes abusive, sometimes smart, sometimes talented, sometimes wrong, sometimes very wrong, sometimes philosophical. It's mixed feelings, contradictions, like his two goals against England in 1986, he cheated with the Hand of God, he realised that and went on to score the absolute best and most magical goal in World Cup history just 4 minutes later.. to even things out, so that nobody can say "Argentina won the Cup by cheating". Plus cheating against the TERF island is cool.
RIP.