what possessed Maradona to start using drugs? that led to his downfall?
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He was living the fast life and it just got out of control.
651512
It takes lot to become someone like Maradona...He may achieve a lot in life...but He will not be another Maradona
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Your question is a bit ambiguous, but i will try to answer. Maradona was banned for 15 months twice in his life. The second was during the 1994 world cup. There was a lot of controversy over this second occurance since Maradona claimed he was unknowingly taking a banned substance because of a cold medicine. Also, the supposedly "random" method of testing wasnt very random since past offenders were being tested almost every time there was a "random" screening. When the 98 world cup came around he was already 36 so he didnt play because of age, much like in 78 when he was only 16 he didnt play because of his age. Also, in 98 he hadnt been taking very good care of himself. He had gotten fat and lazy, and his drug problem had gotten so bad he needed to go to Cuba for a while to rehab his problem. Since then, he seems much healthier. He has resolved his drug problem, and has undergone an operation (stomach stapling) which has greatly reduced his weight.
677577
I don't like either, but I would say Pele, just because he didn't score with his hand to win the world cup. And he didn't have drug problems like Maradona had.
361891
Diego Maradonna.  His goal against England was described by him as "A little bit the head of Maradonna, a little bit the hand of god".\n\nIt was described by everyone else as handball, and therefore it should not have stood and he should have been sent off for deliberate handball.
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yeah, how dissapoiting was he in the world cup?!?!?! i think he'll only ever be a good club player but recently hes been letting brazil and barcelona down. i think hes been caught up in all the fame and forgot the football
458947
Diego Armando Maradona was born in 1960 and made a debut appearances at 1982 World Cup in Spain. So practically he was played his first World Cup at the age of 22.
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The Hand of God. Maradona soared in the air to head the incoming ball into the goalpost. His hand however struck the ball and he should have been given the Oscar for Best Actor as he ran around celebrating the goal. The refree never saw the hand touch the ball and so allowed it. However everyone else on the field did.\n\nLater on when confronted by the press Maradona insisted that he had headed the ball. The media then replayed the goal in slow motion where it was clear that the hand had contact. \n\nHe still stood his ground saying ... if there was a hand it would have been the Hand of God. \n\nIronically Maradona scored another goal later on in the same match, by dribbling from the half line and dodging almost the entire team. This is considered the greatest goal of all times.
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No one will be like Maradona EVER!!!\nBut messi is pretty good!!!\nWhy?\nHave you seen him playing!!!!??????
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Maradona, plain and simple.  He really made a difference on the teams he pleyed on.  he made Napoli Italian League champ, after him, they have floundered.  In 1986, he almost single- handedly got Argentina to the World Cup championship.  His two goals against England in that World Cup are memorable.  The first one because of his savvy at using his hand and fooling the referee and the second one because of his mastery to get past so many players.\nComparable, his teammates were weaker than say Pele's or Beckenbauer's or today's Ronaldo's and Ronaldinho's when they achieved their highest points.
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Diego Maradona from Argentina
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guys, can't u read? Maradona and Argentina won the FIFA Youth World Cup in 1979 in Japan. A World Cup is a World Cup. The centerforward in that team was Ramon Díaz, who played in Italy for many years (Fiorentina and/or Inter, I think). \n\nAnd about the hand of God. Why is everyone so focused in that, when minutes after that Maradona scored arguably the best goal in the history of soccer? That's what so great about Maradona: he beats you fairly AND unfairly, just to piss you off. I didn't hear any complaints about Italy kicking the crap out of everyone in 1982.\n\nAnd in 1994, Maradona was in top shape and Argentina was the best team, by far. Anyone who did drugs know that ephedrine or cocaine will NOT help you play soccer. (Correction: he didn't play in 1978: Menotti took him out of the final list at the last minute, but took him to Japan a year later)\n\nSo all you British out there, stop being cry babies. After all, you stole the World Cup in 66, but we true fans of the game won't take any glory away from great legends like Charlton and Bobby Moore.
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Diego Maradona- Argentina
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Maradona was good, really good.\n\nRonaldo brings in the goal.\n\nRonaldinio has got the skills.\n\nRonaldo is the best to me but then and again I have a crush on him so there...
340994
It was the head of Maradona and the hand of God...
401342
in my opinion Maradonna is the best player ever, because i think he is the only player that can win the world cup and make an unprecedented amount of goals while all the time being under the influence of cocaine. If he was that good on drugs imagine how good he would have been without them and he probably would've lasted longer too.
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he is the greatest player in history, if you look at history you should know that in that match against England in 1986, Even if in the first half he used his hand to make a goal, he showed his potential in the second half when he scored the Greatest Goal of all time.\nmaradona fall into drugs, ok he is human, as we know cocaine does not help people to perform better in Sport. i wonder if we had see all his potential. \nnow he is retired but when he play, you can see he still have that magic that no other player had, or have right now\nyears will past until we see another player like him