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- Maradona failed a doping test in 1991 and was banned for 15 months, acknowledging his longtime cocaine addiction. He failed another doping test for stimulants and was thrown out of the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
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Maradona played his first World Cup tournament in 1982 in his new country of residence, Spain. Argentina played Belgium in the opening game of the 1982 Cup at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Maradona did not perform to expectations, [78] as Argentina, the defending champions, lost 1–0.
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Having been made to wait for his World Cup debut until 1982, in Spain, once there Maradona made headlines for all the wrong reasons, as Menotti’s Argentina contrived to lose three of their five games during an ill-fated defence of their crown, a campaign that ended for Maradona with an ignominious sending off against their great rivals Brazil, in t...
Now under the guidance of Carlos Bilardo, it was a rebuilt yet borderline dysfunctional Argentina that headed to the 1986 World Cup finals. Having struck a precocious yet petulant image in Spain, it had seemed utter madness that Bilardo opted to hand Maradona the captain’s armband. Rather than unravel as he had in Spain, the added responsibility of...
Four years later, in Italy, the nation where he plied his club trade with Napoli, it was with anger in his heart that Maradona set about the mission of trying to retain the World Cup. Denied a promised exit from Napoli in the summer 1989 by club president Corrado Ferlaino, Maradona had played the role of the footballing slave, as he led the perceiv...
By the time the 1994 World Cup rolled around Maradona was almost 34 and only two years off the back of a 15-month ban from football for drug offences. Argentina, now coached by Alfio Basile, were arguably in their best collective shape since the 1978 World Cup. Blessed by the presence of Gabriel Batistuta, Diego Simeone, Fernando Redondo, Abel Balb...
Maradona wasn’t finished with the World Cup however, as he returned as coach to lead Argentina to the 2010 finals in South Africa. A peculiar appointment from the outside looking in, it was hoped that Maradona would be able to get the best out of Lionel Messi, yet a star-studded team exited in the quarter-finals after being swept aside by Germany. ...
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Mar 17, 2017 · Having lost the World Cup final in his adopted homeland, Maradona went back to play for Napoli. Rumours had already been rife about his associations with the mafia and his drug and alcohol abuse while in Naples. Then finally the dam broke.
Nov 28, 2020 · Winning the World Cup four years later, most importantly by beating England in the process and doing so — in part — through an irregular goal by the country’s God-like figure (Maradona) soothed the hurt national feelings of many Argentines over the loss of the Malvinas — populated by just 3,000 people and 500,000 sheep.
Mar 9, 2017 · The captain for the cosmopolitan side was Diego Maradona, playing in the iconic home of English football, no less than 13-months since punching and dribbling England out of the 1986 World Cup. The trip was a dad and lad affair with seven adults and seven juniors travelling to London.
Nov 26, 2020 · That Maradona left the World Cup at USA '94 after failing a drugs test is well-remembered - allied, albeit mistakenly, to his wide-eyed celebration having scored against Greece in a...
Dec 18, 2022 · Maradona's achievements on the world stage with Argentina also cemented his legend and legacy, with the 1986 World Cup often referred to as the 'Maradona World Cup' due to his influence.
