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https://youtu.be/DvbHvl4hRBQ

For many, the best EVER...
What a sad day for world football

LEGEND

The god of football.
Rest in peace, Diego.

Unsurprising.
Sad anyway.
R.I.P

RIP

Quit a figure, on and off the footballfield.
Enjoyed himself and made a lot of people enjoy football.

RIP
but especially the ago of 60 is very terrible.

JohnPferdelack wrote:RIP
but especially the ago of 60 is very terrible.

That's what happens when you abuse drugs and alcohol.

He was before my time. Didn't really start watching competitive Football until the mid 00's. 60 is way too young.

Still remember WC 90(and parts of 86) and hist time at Napoli.
Absolutely fantastic player doing things no one could and has done since.

R.I.P. Legend

Just got the news. His problems were well documented but this is still a sad day for the beautiful game.

Sad day. One of the all-time greats.

What happened to the Nobby Stiles RIP thread?

mercgold3 wrote:https://youtu.be/DvbHvl4hRBQ

For many, the best EVER...
What a sad day for world football

LEGEND

Maybe it is because he played ahead of my time but I always considered him to be quite overrated.
People always refered to Pele and him as the goats but in reality his prime was shortened by a lot of team changes, injuries, drug- and other off-pitch issues.

Nevertheless, 60 is far too early to die for a legend, RIP.

Sad news,it shocked me when I saw the news. He is immortal, football god i hoped would be around for many more decades.

Foye wrote:

mercgold3 wrote:https://youtu.be/DvbHvl4hRBQ

For many, the best EVER...
What a sad day for world football

LEGEND

Maybe it is because he played ahead of my time but I always considered him to be quite overrated.
People always refered to Pele and him as the goats but in reality his prime was shortened by a lot of team changes, injuries, drug- and other off-pitch issues.

Nevertheless, 60 is far too early to die for a legend, RIP.

I agree for sure. The 86 World Cup was an incredible performance, but it also blew his rep out of proportion. Otherwise, I was shocked to see how few top flight matches he played during his career. I could be mistaken but the last time I checked I'm not sure if he cracked 200 in Europe. He was pretty much washed up by the time he hit 30, too. So despite being one of the all-time greats, I have a tough time putting him on par with Pele, Messi, Ronaldo, etc. One great tournament shouldn't surpass years of superior production and durability.

Sedale Threatt wrote:

Foye wrote:

mercgold3 wrote:https://youtu.be/DvbHvl4hRBQ

For many, the best EVER...
What a sad day for world football

LEGEND

Maybe it is because he played ahead of my time but I always considered him to be quite overrated.
People always refered to Pele and him as the goats but in reality his prime was shortened by a lot of team changes, injuries, drug- and other off-pitch issues.

Nevertheless, 60 is far too early to die for a legend, RIP.

I agree for sure. The 86 World Cup was an incredible performance, but it also blew his rep out of proportion. Otherwise, I was shocked to see how few top flight matches he played during his career. I could be mistaken but the last time I checked I'm not sure if he cracked 200 in Europe. He was pretty much washed up by the time he hit 30, too. So despite being one of the all-time greats, I have a tough time putting him on par with Pele, Messi, Ronaldo, etc. One great tournament shouldn't surpass years of superior production and durability.

The career path is quite comparable to Ronaldinho, IMO, who is not on GOAT level either.

without this handball goal from an offside position he wouldn't even have had the 86 world cup success. A skilful player but very overrated who then went on to waste his life. If anything he reminds me of George Best who I'd say was a better player.

Can we stop with posts saying his career was overrated when it is a thread to mourn a great player, a great man who died relatively young,too early...

He was more talented than 99% of fotball players in history. Lets celebrate his career,life,mourn him instead.

HIF wrote:Inappropriate

Ah the forum police decide what is appropriate and what isn't on the footie forum.

Factual post but I'm sorry to hurt your sensibilities.