The Football Boots of MARADONA

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On the eve of the quarter-final against England, Passarella became ill again and was admitted to hospital with a colonic ulcer. Maradona declined to visit him. A search around Mexico City to find a quarter-final kit It was unusual to begin with for Napoli to warm up on the pitch. In those days, it took place before the teams came out," he says. "We didn't really pay attention until the music started. Within seconds, everybody was watching. Nobody wanted to miss a thing." With its dark leather, workman-like aesthetic, wrap-around laces, and large white tongue flapping rather unceremoniously mid-sprint, the PUMA King is a boot that, in the modern era at least, has come to represent a certain type of player.

Diego Maradona of Napoli in action for Napoli against Fiorentina in 1987. Photograph: Etsuo Hara/Getty Images 4) Divides Italy ... and conquers You took us to the highest of the world. You made us immensely happy. You were the greatest of all. Thanks for having existed, Diego. We will miss you all our lives,” said Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández in a tweet.

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When they returned to their base the players held hands and took a lap of honour around the training ground. But where the likes of the Adidas Predator and the Nike Mercurial Vapor have flourished, the PUMA King has failed to follow suit. In December of 2019, a listicle published by popular online football publication SoccerBible ranked what were they believed to be the greatest 30 boots of the last decade. Naturally, subjectivity plays its part, but there was a notable omission: despite new models, the famed PUMA King failed to make the cut. On the tongue, there is a tag designed with Maradona´s portrait, on the exterior side we have the words “Puma Maradona-Super” plus the number 10 embroidered on the heel, a number that stayed with him during his entire career. The interior side includes the Argentinian´s player signature. Other football highlights from the auction include a World Cup winner’s medal handed to a member of the victorious Brazil squad in 1994. A signed pair of Diego Maradona’s boots from his time playing for Barcelona are also up for sale (Julien’s Auctions/PA)

The Plaques:There are 30 (thirty) commemorative plaques each featuring exclusive images by leading sports artist Paul Trevillion of iconic international players and a collection of the complete England 1966 World Cup winning team. Maradona is considered by many the best player in the history, and although we are not going to join that discussion, we do love this type of products, those that pay a tribute to players who have help this sport become the most popular one in the world. He would never play for Argentina again and remained convinced there was a conspiracy between Maradona and coach Bilardo to sideline him.Fig. 3: Tardelli (Italy) in the final of the 1982 World Cup. I believe that the percentage of players using replaceable studs boots was over 80% among those who used adidas in this tournament. For a game that will forever be remembered as one of the most significant of all time, it had a pretty mundane first half. Diego Maradona battles with Brazil’s Toninho Cerezo during a 1982 World Cup game in which he was sent off. Photograph: Colorsport/Rex 2) Brawling with Bilbao During the second half of his career, Maradona struggled with cocaine addiction and was banned for 15 months after testing positive for the drug in 1991. Same with Kobe Bryant, Maradona, (Alfredo) Di Stefano, anyone that’s gone, these legends, their value soars after that because they’re no longer signing stuff. There’s a finite number of items out there once they’re gone.”