Imagine a bball player going to an average NBA team that never won a title and leading them to win against Magic's Lakers or Jordan's Bulls. That's what Maradona did for Napoli in the Serie A against Arrigo's Sachi AC Milan and Matthäus' Inter. Not just that but he literally carried Argentina to win the 86 World Cup. Maradona was a literal one man army.

This guy has an interesting and crazy backstory. One of the teams he played for was Barcelona which was a powerhouse at that time too. He Transferred from Barcelona to Napoli a team from naples Italy that was struggling and facing relegation, for a record breaking fee at that time. There was controversy since naples and Napoli were poor cities and a poor team. So where did they get the money from? Rumor is that the Camorra mob from naples funded the move. He went on to help Naples, a team that had never even won a league title to winning multiple league titles and European championship. Partying (drinking, drugs especially cocaine) and his association with the Camorra crime mob eventually lead to his downfall. If you were to visit naples Italy to this day, many restaurants and family owned stores have pictures idolizing him, he meant a lot to the city, and those who are still alive from that era still remember him and have love for him.

Maradona is like when they tell you theres a dragon on that mountain....Dude is so legendary he's like a myth or a character. The man was just incredible with the ball on his feet

The best player of the planet till date . His skill.was out of the world The real GOAT

The best football player of all time 🐐

Maradona was dribbling past everyone in an era when the defenders tried to kill you. The protection players get now is insane, scary to think what he would do with todays rules. Also, the difference between messi and maradona is character, maradona had balls of steel and was a true leader, in football and technique they are quite similar.

Maradona is one the most naturally gifted player in football history. It is actually very hard to be kicked down and to get back up immediately bro. Maradona always flies back up, fouls weren't easy to get back then.

Messi was compared to Maradona since day 1. Even though the technique and style is similar, that's where the comparison stops, Maradona was much more of a character both inside and outside the pitch

Diego is the goat, carried his country single handedly to a world cup title and is a true legend of the game. Sadly passed due to ill health but is one hell of a baller

The behind the leg kick is called a rabona

Huge fan of your football content. Never misses an upload. You guys are different in the fact that you started reaction and are actually learning the sport rather than just reacting for the sake of money. I absolutely love when someone new actually notices some seemingly small but great details, like he said about the way they stumble. It seems identical because it is one of the traits most reactors or maybe a lot ppl too fail to notice or underappreciate, -:Its balance. The only thing you guys are missing now is actual experience playing with a football, because in order to understand things like balance and control, you need to try it for yourselves, to realize how incredibly difficult it is to get that magnetic touch of messi or maradona, incredible accuracy in curls, and so on. Waiting for more content 🔥

16:41 He did score. THAT goal, was voted as THE BEST goal of the 20th century. Argentina vs England. World Cup 1986, quarterfinals. MASSIVE rivalry between those 2 countries for political reasons. That match Maradona made history twice: his first goal was made with the hand and the referee didn't see it (now known as "The hand of God") and the 2nd goal was "The goal of the century", which is that one where he dribbled past 4 english players + the goalkeeper all on his own (match ended 2-1, Argentina moved to semis and then the final. They won the world cup that year) Ps. when its out of the box is called "a free kick" in the box is a "penalty kick". And yes, YOU PUT YO HANDS THERE SO YOU PROTECT YOUR DESCENDANTS MY DUDE X'D

The GOD of football let's put it that way

The goal he scored against england is the greatest goal ever scored.

Maradona fue , es y será el mejor jugador de Argentina, habilidad , fuerza, garra, pasión, gran temperamento y muy buen jugador el mejor ❤

For me STILL the true GOD of soccer. He had not only the Super galatic skills, but also the brain. Way too much ahead of everybody at his time.

Btw he did score at minute 17:00 he dribbled the whole team at the 1986 World Cup which he had the biggest contribution ever he basically won the tournament by himself

Zidane one said; he could try immitating five skills from Maradona and will fail to do even one...His simply the GOAT ,no one's comes close

as an Argentinian I have Maradona over Messi. to us Maradona is a god. it would be hard to Messi to take the spot if he doesn't win a world cup. Maradona it's in everyone top 4 players of all time. it's like magic Johnson in the nba

To some Diego maradona is the GOAT , to others he is top2 after Pele but one thing you can be sure of : he is in everybody's top 5 . That man was just different . In Argentina they say , after God , there is only Diego .

Iq, tenacity and balance, just like Messi. Latin and Mediterranean people are naturally gifted footballers. Brazil, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Uruguay, Argentina and other Latin countries are nuts at football.

Maradona is the goat!

I promise you, when someone has whacked a ball at you at it catches you clean.......man down. Hurts when it slaps you too. Cold day, bit of rain, you block a shot and trust me it can sting if you’re not quite warm yet. Ps: Maradona, seriously one of the best ever. In Serie A in the late 80’s and early 90’s you could still get away with launching into tackles and defenders are 6 2/3 and hard as nails. I’m almost every clip someone tries to nail him and he’s still playing like he does. Even though he knows every time he gets on the ball someone wanted to hurt him. Brave man. Great player. The hand of god still rankles though.

He’s one of the greatest player of all time Messi too compare to him because they both from Argentina, same height and got same style of playing. Check out “the hand of god” by him he won a World Cup for his country by scoring with his hand but the referee didn’t catch it, most people thought it was his head. Btw he passed away last year Rip Maradona

Guys Maradona is to Football what MJ is to Basketball , a Legend a Myth you can even say and an influencer of generations that followed him and Messi playing style resembles to him a lot and Messi till today is still being compared to him. He was a wizard with the ball and when we talk about the GOAT there are 3 players who earned the right to be on that debate in my opinion : Pele , Maradona & Messi and most football experts and historians choose these 3 and of course a lot of them choose Diego Armando Maradona , who btw as you guys heard has some interesting stories about him " Hand of God " , " Drugs " and was very controversial throughout his career and after .

He was also a great fighter just watch his fight at Barcelona. Beautiful flying knee

The legend Maradona! RIP 🙏 🕊

Btw it’s not a penalty it’s a free kick lmao penalty’s are only inside the box

There is a documentary about him on KZfaq. You should check it out

pound for pound the greatest footballer ever

Both from Argentina both played for Barca and both have scored a almost exact same goal 30 years apart. You’ll find the vid of it anywhere it’s crazy

There are people who actually pray to this man literally

Gracias por esta reacción. Un saludo desde Argentina 🇦🇷

The Best of all time. Diego Maradona

A Nice man Maradona even pablo escobar liked him he was a guest in his prison back then Thanks guys for the content always great👌 ❤️

"What Zidane can do with a ball, Maradona can also do it with an orange" -Michel Platini.

Pele, a creative machine, a pioneer, record winner, super powerful striker. Messi, consider the best ever for many, ruled the game for almost 15 years, with records and skills that give him the chance to play as a striker or a midfielder. Maradona, hard to describe. him, but if you really know about football, nobody can replace him. Genius like not other. The passion, the love, the magic.

8:58 THAT IS DIEGO ANY player of this era: "Hey ref, that butterfly touch me, penalty and red card"!!

Maradona was a pretty cool guy, he was beloved in South America. He would do things such as wearing shirts saying “Bush is a war criminal” in stands after he retired.

Good reactions men saludos from Salta. Maradona is the Number 1

The documentary of his life is incredibly good 👍🏼 legendary player that changed the game and that said Ronaldinho is the greatest player

Penalty is the shot from the point (11meters from the goal) in the box = just the player against the goalie...everything else shot from outside the box with a defending men-wall is a "Freekick"... and when you once got a - with run up - kicked ball into your balls then you know exactly why those men standing in the wall are protecting "their joints".. Diego Maradona was the undisputed GOAT of his football era in the whole decade of the 80ties...yeah Messi has similarities in the playing style but there are no similarities in the mindset and attitude , Diego was the absolute leader of his team and always in competition mode he was kinda like "the Michael Jordan of Football" ... If Messi wants to achieve Maradona´s standing he has at first to win the World Cup with Argentina and additionally he has to sign up for Burnley in the Premier League and then win with Burnley the Premier League....that´s what it meant back then to sign up for Napoli a religation team and winning with them the Italian League which was in the 80ties the strongest League in the world with the best players of the world playing in that League´s top teams.. as like as the Premier League is today...despite the fact that in the 80ties the game was played way more brutal by the defenders because yellow cards for hard fouls were barely given..what today is a straight red card was back then most of the time just a verbal warning from the refs and not even yellow if those were even considered as foul in the first place..

Di Stéfano, Maradona and Messi, pure GOLD!!!

let me tell you why he is my GOAT on football (soccer) that he is different with anybody else. Did you know that the people in napoli (naples, italy) considered maradona almost their living God during in his prime (i think in the 1985-1990) even after his death. at that time, when he was drafted to play in SERIE A (italian cup) he went to a losing team that has no standing records and amongst the odds against of those strong teams (AC milan, Inter Milan, Juventus). and when he did, he brought that team to the top most outstanding clubs not only in their league, they even became champions in European cup (champions league), they became 2 consecutive champions in their league cup, super cup and of course, his infamous THE HAND OF GOD, that was never even had any players in football history ever did that impossible move yet he did proved it himself that he is not only the ever known as the hand of God but el rey de mundo (the best of entire world). respect! RIP!

Maradona y Messi los mas grandes del mundo. Un saludo desde Argentina y gracias por reaccionar a este video. ❤️🇦🇷

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The goat! Finally

maradona is in another dimension for us argentinians

Good reaction to a true legend, guys. And btw, the cameras were clear back then --- but what makes the footage look unclear today is the fact that a lot of the footage was saved on poor mediums such as videotapes etc. And then depending on how the videotape footage was transferred to digital format, the footage would be less clear if whoever did the video-to-digital format transfer choose a lower quality pixel amount to save on hard-drive space. That's what plays into the poor video quality of some old footage. It's not the cameras...it's how the various video footage was saved and transferred to digital.

Awesome video lads, subscribed The true 🐐

It was also very unfortunate that he played in a day and age where there was not so much professional support at club level. He was hit by defenders big time. Had a couple big injuries, had severe issues with recovery and had to endure a lot of pain. The recoveries plus pain plus too much money started leading him into drugs. And that was his downfall. He could have had an even bigger career. And its not like his career was anything short of magic already. But he could have been even more. Now, to compare with Messi is always going to be a bit unfair. Diego was a bit more of a playmaker. Not that he did not play more forward plenty of times, he did. But he would fall back way more and help build up play for his team. In that way, he was more of a team captain, leader on the field. He could really coordinate team play and set up everyone else around him. Besides....he did have the dribbling skills and cool finishing to go up and score by himself. He could also fall on the wings and cross perfectly. A complete offensive midfield. In that way, you can say that Messi gave the game way more goals. But Diego is mostly seen as being more decisive for his teams. He was the real "one man army" like someone else has said so well ;) Its complicated. I did not see him play in his prime, only when he was already going down. My uncles all said that they have never seen anyone play like prime Maradona. Ever! The problem remains that he actually had few complete seasons in Europe during his prime years. Injuries, recoveries...then his addiction issues....all conspired to hold back what should have been his best years.

Before Cristiano and Messi, the biggest "rivalry" in terms of "the greatest ever" would be between Pelé and Maradona. Pelé played in the late 50s and late 70s and Maradona between late 70s and late 90s. Just as now some people might ask you "Cristiano or Messi?" Back then it was "Pelé or Maradona?". Another sidenote: up until the 2000s there were four players regarded in general as the greatest ever, all of them for different reasons. "The four great" are Alfredo Di Stéfano (played in the 50s mostly; the 1st ever superstar in international football and one of the reasons why Real Madrid became the european monsters they are today); Pelé (won 3 world cups and had ridiculous scoring stats and dribbliing skills rarely seen before him); Johan Cruyff ( played mostly in the 70s and is known as the father of modern football and THE reason why Barca is the big institution it is today) & Maradona (one of the best dribblers ever as u just saw, single handedly carrying teams on his back and an all around crazy character on and off pitch through his life). I'd personally add CR7 & Messi to that table cus all they have acomplished; as well as Zidane who (and this is very much just my personal opinion) i consider to be the best midfielder ever and Beckenbauer (due to being the man who revolutionized the defender postition, created a position and was the absolute flag of Germany through the 70s, 90s worldcup and Bayern's history + a huge rivalry with Johan Cruyff in international european football). I love history man (in football xd) c':

The true GOAT

Basically when it’s a free kick and the players line up as a wall those balls gotta be protected somehow it would hurt in the 1900s as much as it is today😭🤣

Finally! 😃 Napoli was a team fighting for relegation and the whole itself was degraded by the whole country. This man decided to join them and transformed a relegation team into champions in Italy and the whole of Europe! The people of Naples went to their to one of the cemeteries hanged a banner talking to the dead saying “You don’t know what you have missed!”

Maradona and Messi once in a life time gift

Great reaction as always!

The GOAT!!

Maradona is one of the greatest because Messi is the greatest.

Buen video! saludos desde Argentina provincia de santiago del estero, Me gustaría ver una reacción a Leo Messi 🇦🇷

Without a doubt Maradona 1986 world cup is the the greatest player of all times

Unstoppable the GOAT!

Imagine Maradona was always Messi's idol and mine in the 80s

Had never seen to corpses react. Very exciting.

Diego Maradona's shirt from the 1986 World Cup is up for sale in London soon. The owner England's Steve Hodge who played in England vs Argentina quarter finals the 'Hand of God' game, swapped shirts with Maradona after that game. Argentina won 2-1 Its estimated to be sold for a World Record for a player shirt for $6m. The shirt has been on permanent display on loan for 20 years in England at Manchester's national football museum.

RIP 🕊🕊to one of the greatest footballer ⚽️🙌🏾

As an Argentinian that loves Messi, you can't compare them. MARADONA IS ABOVE EVERYONE. Facts: 1 - Messi needs a team, he is playing at his prime because FINALLY BUT TOO LATE he has a team. 2 - DIEGO WAS THE TEAM (HE WAS A MIDFIELDER) 3 - Heavy ball 4 - Shitty pitches 5 - No especial diets 6 - No gym training 7 - Shitty shoes 8 - No ref protection 9 - Defenders (Maldini or Gullitt)that make Pepe and Ramos look like girls YOU CAN'T COMPARE A GOD LIKE A PLAYER WITH HUGE PLAYERS. YOU CAN'T PLAY OR BE COMPARE WITH DIEGO, IF YOU ARE NOT DIEGO

Sick video as always, next you should react to Magico Gonzalez the greatest player you've never heard of. Even Maradona himself said he's the greatest player he's ever seen. There was a documentary about him where many would say Messi and Ronaldo were third division players compared to him.

do a reaction on prime Ronaldhiño and 18 year old Messi magic show vs osasuna 2005 Watching both great genius players on the same team is amazing.. Ronaldhiño being at the top of the world and Messi barley introducing himself to the world...

If you wanna know how is the argentine passion with football you have to watch the COPA 90 Derby of Boca vs River. Is the only documentary where you can feel our passion for football. I don't think you would be able to react to it due to the copyright but watch it privately if you can. You would love it. Thank you guys for reacting to el Diego.

The real goat

Muy buen video, buena reacción, saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina

This guy for me, is the Goat if there is such a thing

Dude was man marked tighter than today and defenders didn't think twice about tackling , today they too afraid to tackle because they get yellows fast , back then you could come with a chainsaw on the field and get a yellow card . There's even a 16-20 min compilation on Ytube with Maradona dribbling and getting chopped , for me Maradona is special just because he endured all that torture and got up still at 100%

Maradona the real GOAT

Think what Michael Jackson is to music this guy is to football. Both God like status, couldn't walk down the street, huge entourage, prodigies, made grown ups cry, pure joy to watch at what they did, both came from nothing, legendary moments that threw them into the stratosphere- Maradona's 'Thriller' moment was the world Cup in 1986. Both highly controversial made headline news, they both literally had the world at their feet, drugs helped ruined both of their careers and lives though Maradona was hard drugs not prescription. Watching Maradona in black and white practicing with the ball at 10yrs old is like watching MJs audition footage for motown 2 talented kids who noone would've ever imagined what they would've both become. Both legendary in life and death - hysteria at Maradona's death too would've been crazier had he not died during covid. Search his warm up to the song Life is Life that's legendary alone, I literally know that song from that and I swear it's been used in ads etc more since he died.

hi.. im from Serbia... Maradona is my childhood hero . idol and rest of kids of this planet who like Footbal in that time..... Maradona is Goat i dont have any doubts about that.. now i see so many people discuss who is first , who is in third place and who is in fifth place.. if i think on that way my opinion is Maradona 1 place after that 350 place empty .. others players can be ranked from number 351... who is better Cr7 or Messi ? i realy dont know who is 351 or 352.. player.. i see in this time so many debate about that.. but dont worry ... i dont know who is better.. but i know who know.. that know in Adidas or coca cola or Nike .. Sony and others company.. i like how your reacts i see you love sport... so i wil continue to watch your reactions...

my man really hate the advert boxes lool

Bro there ain’t no comparison between messi and Maradona Maradona is literally called God

been waiting for this one 🔥🔥

4:48 that kick you're talking about is called a Rabona

Maradona was a beast, it's true, there were other times, I don't like comparisons, but they wanted to literally break Diego and the referees were very permissive, but look when Goicoexea breaks him. Maradona and Messi are two goats.from argentina grettings

Yessir

just woooooow

yeah its a free kick, they cover themselves cos its very difficult to get that ball over the wall and into the goal. sometimes u hit the shot and it hits people in the wall, so they cover they nuts and their heart area. its actually quite difficult to get it over the wall, so guys gotta stay protected, especially when someone like canon ball roberto carlos is shooting em, you can get hurt

React to frank Ribéry when football become art

GOD OF FOOTBALL!!!

I remember how he was grateful to yugoslav team because they didnt tried tu hurt him... Balerinas today wouldnt lasted long. GOAT

Do a reaction on Jay Jay Okocha. One of the best number 10, and a model for Ronaldinho. They played together at PSG

Love your guys videos. Wanna request that you look up Fulham 2010 europa league run and Leicester 2016 premier league win. 2 incredible underdog stories which is the reason that football is the greatest sport in the world

Yes protecting the ⚽️⚽️

back then the fake got to him.. partying coke I mean the 80's parties were crazy a lot of woman... he had a nice successful career but drugs alcohol woman got in the way... R.I.P MARADONA

who doesnt like diego.. after all he is widely consider as the GOAT of world football outside pele and recently we add messi to this group. for me diego maradona is the best to ever do it on the pitch

actually the week he passed away, messi scored for barcelona and in honor, he took of his kit to reveal an actual maradona jersey that diego had given him. they're from the same country, but cant really say essi looked up to him, cos he was before messi's time, but similar skills n stature, and both left footed

Maradona has been the best in football. He was going on the field of play and the only way to stop him was if you broke his ankle. It has given us immense joy at the football level to the Argentines. the Argentine people loved him. On November 25, 2022, his heart beaten by drug addictions could not resist anymore and at the age of 60, Diego left this world. The world cried Maradona. Argentina is still crying. Maradona tried many times to quit addictions, it was the only game Diego couldn't win Maradona ha sido el mejor en el futbol. El ingresaba en el campo de juego y la unica forma de pararlo era si le quebrabas el tobillo. Nos ha dado inmensas alegrias a nivel futbolistico a los Argentinos. el pueblo argentino lo amaba. el 25 de noviembre de 2022 su corazon golpeado por las adicciones a las drogas no resistio mas y a ña edad de 60 años el diego dejo este mundo. el mundo lloro a Maradona. La Argentina lo sigue llorando. Maradona intento muchas veces dejar las adicciones, fue el unico partido que Diego no pudo ganar.

They holding they join and covering they face for protection cause in that situation you can do much but jump so the ball can hit you anywhere you gotta protect the most important part

the jordan of soccer essentially

Yall missed his freestyle skills. Its basically juggling on another level.

You could react to a video called - Old Diego Maradona Has More Skills Than Today's "Superstars".

Opinions on who is the best footballer ever will obviously differ, but growing up I always heard of the 5 GOATS: In the 50s and 60s, it was Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina and Spain) Late 50s to early 70s, Pele (for many, the real GOAT, brazilian) in the 70s, you had Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) Also in the 70s, Franz Beckenbauer (Germany, and the only defensive player of the bunch) The 80s was for Maradona (for another many, the real GOAT) In a more modern era, you have Zidane, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and now Messi and Cristiano.