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KEVIN MCCALLUM: Whom the gods would destroy they first make a genius
Diego Maradona was an extraordinary football player whose life after football has the morbid fascination of a car crash
Do we need to talk about Diego Maradona? From his antics at this World Cup, we really should. From the looks of it, he is red-lining on a white-line trip to be the life of a party he thinks was thrown just for him. Amidst the chuckles and shakes of the head about Maradona and the devil’s dandruff, there are fears that this may be a bender too far. Maradona’s life has been a series of benders, from drama to depression back to drama again, amped by booze, the aforementioned dandruff and an incredible ego, but it seems amplified in Russia. Perhaps it is because of social media. Perhaps it is because of his age. Perhaps it is because it just seems so damn sad. His inebriated eyes drooping as he tries to smile and pose for fans shooting a video of him; the so-over-this look on the face of one of his minders holding on to him lest he topples over the barrier; sleeping during the match; being carried into the VIP suite for medical tests. He does not seem to have kind people around him. He ...
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