Touched By God by Diego Maradona

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In June 1986 Diego Maradona considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time proudly hoisted the ’86 Mexico World Championship Cup in his hands. Now thirty years on from that magical game and after a life in sports marked by controversy Maradona tells for the first time the untold stories behind that one-of-a-kind World Cup. Mexico ’86 was the pinnacle of Maradona’s career and in this book he will reveal all about every game what happened afterwards in the locker room the months leading up to the World Cup when the team had to go to Mexico City a month early to avoid the overthrowing of the technical director by the Argentine president Alfonsin the mystery behind ‘El Gran Capitan’ Passarella (’78 World Cup Champion) the strategies and tactics that revolutionised the game training in a country that was recovering from an earthquake the public’s hostility the jerseys they went out to buy in Mexico City the meeting in Colombia where the team really came together his relationship to drugs: the clean World Cup and the best goal in football history. Mexico ’86 is Maradona’s World Cup and Maradona is who he is because of that World Cup. Explosive gritty and unapologetic Touched by God will tell the inside story of one of the greatest football victories of all time.

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Weight 516 g
Dimensions 162 × 236 × 27 mm
Attribute Value 1

Hardback