Diego Maradona turns 60: the 60 historical phrases of the Ten

10/30/2020 6:01 AM

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Updated 10/30/2020 8:00 AM

1. “My dreams are two.

My first dream is to play in the World Cup.

And the second is to be a champion "

It was his first great phrase, when Diego was just a child with a ball, full of illusions.

2. "Grondona's turtle escaped"

One of his most famous phrases was addressed to

former president of the AFA and historic rival of Diez.

Maradona with Julio Grondona.

(Photo: Reuter)

3. “Pity you don't have anyone, master.

Fight him, get angry with him, but no one pity "

In the middle of a discussion between Oscar Ruggeri, Héctor Veira and José Sanfilippo, Diez made their contribution.

4. "Beating River is like your mother waking you up with a kiss in the morning"

Maradona

, his love for

and the feeling of beating his lifelong rival.

Maradona facing River.

5. "More false than a celestial dollar"

He used it in 2005 to refer to someone close to him.

6. "I thought Berlusconi was coming and I ran into the cartonero Báez"

Maradona

was still a

player

and that is how he portrayed

, at that time president of the

, from whom he demanded reinforcements for the team.

7. "I feel more lonely than Kung Fu"

In the midst of his recovery in Cuba, Maradona depicted his loneliness.

Maradona in Cuba, during his rehabilitation.

(Photo: AFP)

8. "The Selection is a Rolls Royce full of dirt, you have to clean it"

As soon as he became DT of the National Team, in 2008,

described the state of the Argentine team.

9. “I only ask that you let me live my own life.

I never wanted to be an example "

A crude reflection of

, always criticized.

10. "They cut off my legs"

He said it at the

, when he tested positive for doping.

11. "If my daughters' boyfriends make them cry two or three times, they are going to have an accident"

The

father also had words to remember.

12. “Coppola is very lively.

Smoke under water "

The relationship with

, his representative, had many twists and turns, but

described it better than anyone in 2000.

Maradona and Coppola, a relationship with twists and turns.

13. "Grondona lied to me, Bilardo betrayed me"

After ceasing to be the coach of the

, in 2010,

shot with everything towards the president of the AFA and the former DT.

14. "For me going to a World Cup is the same as for a boy going to Disney"

Diego and his recurring dream: to play a

.

15. "If it is empty, let it be filled, because you cannot betray the Xeneizes fans"

In 2012,

accused

of treason after Roman's decision to walk away from Boca after losing the Copa Libertadores final.

Maradona and Riquelme, in other times.

16. "The ball is not stained"

It was during his fired match in 2001, before a packed Bombonera.

17. "If I go to the bank it is to get money, beast"

In 1996, a journalist asked him if he was in good condition for the game that Sunday or if he was going to be on the substitute bench.

And

responded true to his style.

18. "If you are not going to answer me, it is a button"

All

anger

towards referee

was reflected in this sentence, in the midst of a Boca-Vélez full of controversies.

19. "If you throw the ball to Sampaoli, he returns it with his hand"

El Diez was always very critical of

 and made it clear in this phrase from 2017.

20. "Pelé made his debut with a kid ... and he hit the jermu"

During an interview he gave on the program El Rayo in 1997, Diez remembered the Brazilian

.

21. "If we stayed out of the World Cup I had to go to Haiti"

Argentina achieved a harrowing qualification to South Africa 2010, and

was honest.

22. “When I hear Batista say that Messi is now happy, I wonder where he was during the days of coexistence in Pretoria.

Lionel with me was also happy.

What did Batista do, disguise himself as a Fixed Pinion? "

Maradona and a criticism of

, his successor as DT in the

after the

.

23. "To Toresani: Segurola and Habana 4310, seventh floor. And let's see if it lasts 30 seconds"

After a controversial Boca-Colón,

gave the address of his home to the then

footballer

, with whom he had had a run-in during the match.

The moment of Maradona and Toresani's discussion, in 1995.

24. "The drug is a pacman that your whole family is eating you"

El Diez and another crude reflection on drugs.

25. "I had proposed to score two goals against Gatti, but now that he told me chubby I'm going to score four"

When he was still playing for Argentinos,

made that promise in the previous game against Boca.

And he fulfilled.

26. “I want to see the sun and go to bed at night.

Before, I didn't want to lie down or even know what a pillow was "

A

sincere

in his presentation as coach of Dorados de México, in 2018.

Diego Maradona, happy in Culiacán.

(Photo: Juan Manuel Foglia).

27. “To play against Australia they gave us fast coffee.

Grondona assured us that there was no anti-doping control "

Maradona

and his memory of the Repechage to qualify for the

.

28. "Judge Bernasconi is very fast, he is capable of putting a suppository into a hare"

The judges were also not spared from

occurrences

.

In 2000, the Ten attacked

.

29. "You have it inside"

In the run-up to the

, Diego dedicated these words to the journalist

.

30. “If he's Beethoven, I'm the Ron Wood, Keith Richards and Bono of football, all together.

Because I was the passion of football "

The Ten and another stick for

, who before this statement had criticized him and compared himself to the German composer.

Maradona and Pelé, in France, in the preview of Euro 2016. (Photo: AFP)

31. “The list that Grondona asked me, which I gave him, was a stump.

Tocuen is a story "

In 2010, after the

,

again shot the president of the

for the list of players for a friendly, before the Ten stopped being the coach of the National Team.

32. "Cristiano Ronaldo scores a goal and sells you a shampoo"

El Diez and his particular way of describing the celebrations of the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.

33. "Arriving in the area and not being able to kick the bow is like dancing with your sister"

Maradona

and his precise explanation about how he lives football.

34. "I wanted to go to the United States, but Clinton's thermos head won't let me in"

In 1996 the Ten targeted the then president of the

.

35. "How did I score the goal? The hand of God did it"

Maradona

and his occurrence about that historic first goal that scored England in the

.

Maradona's "Hand of God" against England.

(Photo: DPA)

36. "When I entered the Vatican and saw all that gold I became a ball of fire"

In 2004 Diego criticized the Church.

37. "If I see Duhalde in the desert, I throw him an anchovy"

phrases

did not always remain in the sport, but sometimes also involved politicians.

38. "To be left out of a World Cup is only comparable to seeing how your old woman is beaten and you are tied to a chair"

He said it after the elimination of Argentina against the Netherlands in the

.

39. “Let's not get England 4-1 in our heads.

Let's not eat the chamuyo, the lie of Germany "

He assured it in a press conference hours before losing to the Europeans 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the

.

40. "I was, am and will be a drug addict"

He said it in 1996, when he was one of the figures who were part of the "Sun without drugs" campaign.

41. “Ruggeri is a buchón.

I'm going to send you a note that will hurt a lot about the concentration in Trigoria about Mama Dora and him.

Who is Mama Dora?

A lady.

A buchón, buchón and a half "

Maradona

also attacked 

, another of his teammates in

.

Mancuso, Maradona and Ruggeri, in South Africa.

42. "I say sanguchito because it is always close to the cake"

Maradona

and his reference to the journalist Bernardo Neustadt.

43. “Are you going to tell me what Juan Simón is like?

I've known him for ten years.

He is able to drink the cat's milk "

Another to whom

dedicated a phrase was Juan Simón, a former Boca footballer and current TV commentator with whom he had a discussion.

44. "It is useless to want to make a leader of a man who goes to the bathroom 20 times before a game"

Maradona

and a harsh criticism of

, in 2018.

Maradona consoles Messi in 2010. (Photo: Juano Tesone)

45. “At first the drug makes you euphoric.

It is like winning a championship.

And you think: tomorrow what does it matter, if today I won the championship?

Maradona

and drugs, their most complicated relationship.

46. ​​"Bush is a murderer, I prefer to be friends with Fidel"

In 2003,

took advantage of a visit to China to compare the two leaders and give his support to

.

Maradona with Fidel Castro.

(Photo: EFE)

47. "The jerks are like ants, they are everywhere in the world"

He said it in 2013, in the middle of a scandal that involved Rocío Oliva and Verónica Ojeda.

48. "If the country does not reach the opposite goal, we have to make changes, even to the President"

El Diez and a reflection on what Argentina was going through in 2001, when

was still the country's president.

49. "In my fucking life I thought I was going to be in Cuba playing golf"

He said it in 2003, when he was rehabilitating in the Central American country.

50. “I grew up in a private neighborhood in Buenos Aires.

Deprived of electricity, water, telephone "

El Diez, an expert in dealing with complicated issues with humor, in this case his childhood.

51. "In Thailand we find the most beautiful transvestites in the world"

Maradona

and a particular confession about a trip he made with

when they were still a couple.

52. “My legitimate daughters are Dalma and Gianinna.

The rest are children of money or of mistakes "

He pronounced it in 1999, when he had not yet recognized Diego Junior or Jana as children.

Maradona and his daughters, Dalma and Gianinna (Photo: AFP)

53. “I have played Barcelona-Real Madrid, but Boca-River is different.

It's like sleeping with Julia Roberts "

Maradona

compared the Superclásico to the Hollywood actress.

54. "Jorge Valdano has more lies than the trick"

It was in the previous World Cup in South Africa, when

did not forgive

for having shown doubts about his appointment as coach of the National Team.

55. "In the clinic there is one who believes he is Robinson Crusoe and they do not believe me that I am Maradona"

Another phrase for the memory of Diez during his rehabilitation in Cuba, in 2004.

56. "The rhinoscopy, the short hair ... One day the boys of the National Team are going to scratch an egg and Passarella is going to have them cut"

Another of those pointed out by

throughout his life was Passarella, whom he criticized when he was DT of the National Team.

Maradona and Passarella, in 1981.

57. “Look, they have given me nicknames but 'Pelusa' is the one that suits me the most because it brings me back to childhood in Fiorito.

I remember the Cebollitas, the cane arches when we only played for Coca and the sandwich.

That was purer "

Diego's reflection on his beginnings.

58. “If I die, I want to be born again and I want to be a footballer.

And I want to be Diego Armando Maradona again.

I am a player who has given people joy and that is enough for me and I have plenty of it "

He said it in 1992 and paints it from head to toe.

59. "For those who did not believe, with forgiveness of the ladies: suck it."

Already coach of the National Team, after qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

60. "The only one who can make me change my mind is Benja."

Diego and the bond with his grandson, the best of his friends.

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