Gourcuff: Maradona, an "exceptional player" but "not a model"

“Maradona, I admired him, I saw him evolve in his best years.

Technically, in terms of virtuosity, it was phenomenal (...).

He was an exceptional player, ”said Gourcuff during a pre-match press conference (FC Nantes is traveling to Marseille this Saturday as part of the 12th day of L1).

In conf, Christian Gourcuff wanted to put the Maradona phenomenon into perspective.

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“Afterwards, he was probably a good guy, I don't know, I don't know him.

But he had a life that cannot be exemplified.

We have to put it into perspective, it is not because he is deceased that he must become an example for young people, ”he added.

"The goal he marked with his hand is an obstacle to morality and sports ethics"

Christian Gourcuff

The 65-year-old Breton coach thus found the titles of one to be “unhealthy” referring to his goal helped by “the hand of God” against England in 1986. “I think the goal of the hand he has marked is an obstacle to morals and sports ethics.

To consider that as an exploit (...), I found it terribly out of place.

He made feats of it, but taking it back as a main weapon is terrible for morals, ”explained Gourcuff.

On June 22, 1986, in the quarter-final of the 1986 World Cup, the hand helped to score against England.

"This goal, I marked it a little with the head and a little with the hand of God", he explained after the 2-1 victory.

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