These are the kinds of images that built the legend of a golden kid.
Diego Maradona lived two contrasting years at FC Barcelona, between 1982 and 1984. The gray areas exist, the illuminations too.
On June 26, 1983, the Argentine scored one of the most memorable goals in Clasico history, the famous duel between Barça and Real Madrid.
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Maradona's goal with Barça against Real in June 1983
"
Carrasco gave me the pass in the middle of the field
," Diego Maradona recalled in the columns of the daily
Olé
.
I dribbled past the goalkeeper, I waited for Juan José
(the defender of Real, editor's note)
and I let him pass.
As the goal was wide open, the former Naples legend made a hook that was as futile as it was humiliating for the feigned Juan José. "
He hit his balls against the post and I just had to push the ball into the net
Maradona commented trivially. Insolent of ease, the Barcelonan saw the Madrid public get up to applaud him. A fact hitherto unseen in an often animated, sometimes sulphurous rivalry. Only Ronaldinho (2005) and Andrés Iniesta (2015) will capsize the hearts of enemy supporters later. Barça will win will be satisfied with a draw in this first leg of the final of the Spanish League Cup (2-2) before winning the return for the coronation (2-1).