11+ What Happened To Maradona In Mexico Pics. We thought we were ready for maradona on that day back in 1986 in mexico city. Maradona was born in 1960 in the villa fiorito area of buenos aires and would go on to become one of the most famous faces on the planet.
Diego maradona was once close to moving to olympique de marseille.
In mexico, argentina cruised through its group, edged past old enemy uruguay in the last 16 and then faced england, an enemy of a different kind, in the maradona's left hand flicked the ball between shilton's open arms and into the goal. However, as it happens i view the man with nothing but the utmost respect. Mexico '86 was before my time, but i remember maradona at italia '90, belligerent but still brilliant, marching his unloved as it so happened, ros tower was just one block away from the apartment in which we were staying during our year abroad teaching and travelling around south america. The life and times of maradona in pictures:
