Word: maradona
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...reluctant to leave their own half, the South American champs were easily able to feed the ball to Pablo Aimar and Ariel Ortega, who were in turn meant to create scoring opportunities for Gabriel Batistuta. Both of these diminutive players have had the misfortune of being tagged "the new Maradona." Perhaps the heavy burden of that label compelled them to show off their dazzling skills every time they received the ball, weaving one way, then the other, deceiving a couple of defenders, then turning again and accelerating away from a third. Why go for the old one-two, when...
...Certainly, England will provide one. Forget the Falklands War. England's grudge against Argentina runs much deeper. First, Argentina knocked England out of the Cup in 1986 when Diego Maradona shoved the ball into the goal with what he modestly called "the hand of God." Then, in 1998, Argentina defeated England again after midfield star David Beckham was sent off for a dumb but arguably minor foul. This time, wonder boy Beckham is again the story. Six weeks ago, Deportivo La Coru?a's Argentine midfielder Aldo Duscher felled Beckham in a game against Manchester United, breaking a bone...
...side. And history, too: five World Cups ago, another diminutive teenage prodigy with an unflattering nickname?"Pelusa" or "The Wild-Haired One"?found himself confined to the Argentine bench. Argentina won that Cup, and the snubbed teenager went on to become the finest player of his age: Diego Maradona...
...Diego Maradona: A nuclear mail-bomb addressed to FIFA headquarters, Switzerland...
...shades of Diego Maradona in the 1986 World Cup: Silva didn't get mad. He got even...