Gary Lineker & Jürgen Klinsmann React to Diego Maradona's 'The Goal of the Century' 

There was nothing arty about a ref ignoring a clear foul after having just ignored a clear hand ball.

​@@graeme9668 Can't deny the man's genius.

@neiljohnson5351 Ignore him, he is English, very spiteful people.

@graem Doesn’t matter, it’s not about referee.

​@@graeme9668 Idiot . .

I never heard or read even in spanish such an accurate description Maradona's skill. Congratulation

Yes it well known as goal of the century...easily millennium to me

what a comment!

100% true everything you have mentioned

Excelente descripción. La voy a guardar como librillo de cabecera. Feliz narrativa

You’re taking credit away from bilardo, profe Echeverría and all the other players

@@alla7932 not at all. They said it themselves. While it's true Maradona's individual performances eclipsed every other side there, it was built on the foundations of Argentina's squad. Without them, he couldn't do what he did. France, Denmark, USSR, Germany, Brazil, Belgium, Spain etc. There were some great teams at that WC, which makes Maradona and Argentina's achievement even greater.

@@vikz5786 true Maradona didn't score in the final

@@COVIDisA_HOAX Argentina won the WC due to that magnificent pass from Maradona to Buruchagga after both sides were 2-2 in the final.

@@COVIDisA_HOAX assisted Burruchaga's winner though... a first time pass that played him through. From midfield. Surrounded by Matthäus, Kalle Rummenigge and Brehme.

I was 11. Open mouthed

😘

The fact that it was 1. 4 yrs after the Falklands/Malvinas War against the very country they lost to 2. Mere 4-5 minutes after perhaps the most controversial goal (at least top 3 most controversial) ever in the history of the World Cup All of these just add to the legend of Maradona

No words . . 😭

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Head and shoulders above anyone's prime.

Argentina wasn't an average team. They had many legendary players

@@francisdarin525 Legendary? Who is it? The only two players who could be considered part of top teams in the world were Passarella (Inter) and Valdano (Real Madrid). Passarella, originally part of the Argentina squad for 1986, ultimately did not play in the World Cup. And Valdano, to be clear, scored 56 goals in 120 games played for Real Madrid, that is, an average of 0.46 goals per game. Do you know what other Argentine player had the same average goals per game in the same club? Gonzalo Higuain, 0.46 goals per game. No one, absolutely no one, considers that Higuaín has been a legend at Real Madrid. And Valdano either. Two average strikers, nothing more. Apart from Pasarella and Valdano there were 5 more players who were part of foreign teams. Maradona, Burruchaga, Pasculli, Trobianni and Zelada. All of them playing in teams not considered as world elite. The rest were players from the Argentine national league. Messi and Cristiano have played in their league teams with world champions and at national team level with much more effective scorers than Valdano. As I said before (and history affirms it) the Brazil world champion of Chile 1962 did not need Pelé to be champion. Those players, without Pelé, raised the Cup giving a demonstration of class with true legends such as Garrincha, Didí, Vavá, Amarildo and Zagallo. On the other hand, the probability that Argentina would win the 1986 World Cup without Maradona was equal to zero. Maradona scored 5 goals and made 5 assists. The Argentine National Team scored 14 goals in total in that Cup, that is, Maradona participated in 10 of those 14 goals, that is, 71% of the goals... without him they would not even have passed the first round.

I love Maradona but there are more examples like him. Romário won the WC for Brazil in 94. There were no many star players too. But I see your point. Maradona is clearly something else!

@@et9577 I don't think they are comparable, neither Romario nor any other. Brazil scored 11 goals throughout the World Cup, 5 of them from Romario. In addition, he made one assist. In other words, Romario participated in 54% of Brazil's goals. Maradona scored the same number of goals, but had five assists. That is, he participated in 71% of Argentina's goals. A lot, of course, is because of the position where they played. Romario was more of a center forward. Maradona was an attacking midfielder (who defended well, by the way). Much more complete than Romario in my opinion. In addition, several of the Brazilian players played in the Italian League, Jorgihno at Bayern Munich, Bebeto at Deportivo La Coruña, Rai at Paris Saint Germain. In other words, Romario had better-quality teammates.

@@climperez oh yes Maradona much more complete. But if Brazil didn't have Romário in that WC I don't think Brazil would win that title

The amount of fouls Maradona faced without a single card not given to opponent is a shocker. If VAR had existed, Maradona would have minimum 2 World Cups. Easily

@@zakh231what about pele? How many wc would he got ? Probably 1 more

@@zakh231 that's not related to VAR, that's just how to game has changed over the years, in the past it was more physical and referees used to let players get away with more on both sides so it was fair

Messi did quite a similar goal v getafe...respect to them but they are not international England team and on world stage. Even after winning WC Messi still lack the charisma, personal ity compared to Diego. Would Barcelona or PSG name their stadium after him should he die like how Napoli did in honour of Diego? This alone speaks volume. If possible visit Naples and till date the natives especially elders still adores Diego Armando Maradona

Agreed. Technical more gifted are Ronaldinho and ZiZou to me

Cristiano??????????????????????

Ronaldinho was a magician, but cannot be compared with Maradona. Maradona was from another planet.

Klinsmann es alemán, campeón del mundo en Italia 90 👍🏻

@@AndreynaCarrasco Es cierto....mala mía.

do you still think that now after the World Cup?

When exactly did ronaldinho, ronaldo and Zidane lead a normal team to a big victory?

@@Carloeziomauro Could.

@immt5161 if my grandpa had wheels he would have been a bicycle

@@Carloeziomauro Ok

It was Lineker

@@alla7932 Barnes provided the assist for the goal and the missed oppertunity at the end. Lineker scored and failed to score when it most mattered. Either way if Argentina needed 5 goals to progress then Maradona would have provided them. It is pure academical to dwell on Englands missed oppertunity

Well, that's incorrect. Messi is similar to Maradona.

Play* like.

The greatness of the history are argentinians

@@matiasceballos9521 That’s your idea bro

messi will never ever score a magnitude goal against a great team with vicious intention defense. Messi is la Liga's best where Maradona graze with likes of Pele, Zidan, Ronaldo Nazario.

​@@yuusufjama you put Zidane and Ronaldinho at the same level of Pele and Maradona?? yeah, you know about football man