The Many Faces of Diego Maradona: Genius and Contradictions

Maradona? Which one?

Do you believe, Marcelo, that there is only one Maradona?

I think there are many.

There are at least eight, nine Maradonas.

There is a Maradona who played football.

There is a Maradona of s--

who achieved fame. There is a Maradona the son who died

when his parents died. There is a Maradona the father who reinvents himself

every

day. There is a Maradona the friend who keeps changing

friends.

There is an affectionate Maradona, and a sublime Maradona.

There is an abject Maradona, and a phenomenal Maradona.

There is a Maradona of unforgettable sayings, and there is a Maradona whose

sayings are best not remembered. He is the sum of

all that in one man, a genius,

a marvel.

Fiorito

and Dubai,

mud and seven

stars, gold faucets

and a latrine.

Maradona is the product of all that

and also,

Just in case I forgot to tell him,

the best Argentine soccer player and the

best of all time