FOOTBALL

Two years without Maradona, the indelible memory of the "Pibe de Oro"

Diego Armando Maradona was one of the strongest footballers in the world. For many certainly the absolute champion. Even today the images and videos of his gallops and his acrobatics on the football field are the most clicked.

But not just a footballer. A man, with his fragility, his bravado, with a history also made of gossip and with a very strong bond with Italy, associated with his glorious stay in the Napoli club.

That Naples that made him its King. Diego Armando Maradona was known as El Pibe de Oro. The golden boy.

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Diego Armando Maradona with the World Cup won in the World Cup in Mexico in 1986
Diego Armando Maradona was one of the strongest footballers in the world. For many certainly the absolute champion. But not just a footballer. A man, with his fragility, his bravado, with a history also made of gossip and with a very strong bond with Italy, associated with his glorious stay in the Napoli club. That Naples that crowned him its King. Diego Armando Maradona was known as "El Pibe de Oro". The golden boy.
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Diego Armando Maradona meets Pope Francis
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Diego Armando Maradona coach of the Argentine national team with his "heir" Lionel Messi
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A very young Diego Armando Maradona at the time of Boca Juniors
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Diego Armando Maradona in a training session in 1980 with Argentina
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Diego Armando Maradona lifts the World Cup. It's June 29, 1986
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Diego Armando Maradona in the 1986 Mexican World Cup against England
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Diego Armando Maradona and the historic "Mano de Dios" in the match played against England at the 1986 World Cup
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Diego Armando Maradona in one of the last matches with the Argentine national team
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An unpublished photo of a very young Diego Armando Maradona in his room
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Diego Armando Maradona shows the Adidas Jabulani, the official ball of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
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Maradona's presentation at Napoli. It is July 5, 1984. A date that the Neapolitan people will never forget
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Diego Armando Maradona with Napoli during the 1987/1988 season
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Diego Armando Maradona celebrates a goal with the Napoli shirt in the 1989/1990 season
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Diego Armando Maradona on the day of the wedding with Claudia Villafañe
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