10 Incredible Quotes On Maradona And Sad, Emotional

Following Diego Maradona’s sad death, here are 10 unforgettable and beautiful quotes about the complicated football icon, including one from Lionel Messi, who once made a huge admission about his own talent compared to the late Argentina legend’s.

Click through the gallery above to read 10 amazing quotes about the late Maradona, according to The Football Faithful and Planet Football or Football rain quotes.

Tributes have poured in from all parts of the world in the wake of Maradona’s passing, and they will continue as it is only right to celebrate one of the game’s most famous players until there is nothing left to say.

While he lived a complicated and sometimes controversial life, the late legend will always be remembered for his football, a sport he gave everything to, a sport in which he leaves a legacy many deem untouchable for eternity.

Fortunately for Maradona and his family, he was a man eulogised long before his death last week Wednesday, and would not have left this realm without knowing the impact he had, not only on football, but on the lives of those who witnessed his genius.

Ex-Tottenham Hotspur striker Gary Lineker was there, on the field, the day Maradona dribbled through almost the entire England team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup before scoring what is considered arguably the greatest goal of all time, and has admitted that he simply felt like clapping when he witnessed the strike here are some emotional quotes.

Messi, the man often compared to Maradona, once stated he would never get close to his predecessor in terms of ability, before stating that he believes the former Napoli hero is the greatest player the game has ever seen.

When once talking about Zinedine Zidane, France legend and former UEFA president Michel Platini claimed that what Zidane could do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange. Bizarrely, that might not be an over-exaggeration.

The highest praise Maradona could arguably receive, however, is from a Brazilian, and that came from Zico, who once said that the Argentine icon was able to invent moves that not even “God himself” would believe were possible and stop believing in fake friends.

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