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TV footage of the incident showed Maradona, who was found guilty of assault with a weapon, crouched behind a Mercedes with two other men firing an air gun at reporters.
His career has been marred in recent years by drug scandals and temperamental, short-lived comebacks.
Or maybe, just maybe, Castro opened his eyes
Originally posted by enslaved83
....I don't think Maradona is very bright and in my opinion he is being manipulated by Castro into doing this........
Originally posted by stumason
Maradona a football legend? A legendary cheat maybe...
Sorry, if it was anyone else, I wouldn't be bothered, but this guy is low life, cheating coke-head. Wish he'd do the planet a favour and expire....
Originally posted by Nygdan
Soccer is far too lame to generate any concern here. Besides, everyone knows that soccer is really just a european copy of football. Thats why its called football.......
Originally posted by stumason
Soccer (or Football as the rest of the world calls it) is far more flowing, fast paced and exciting to watch than "American Football"
(that incidently involves very little foot to ball action).
Bandit
And here's some of the history of "soccer"to wet your appetite for the game..
Originally posted by Nygdan
Originally posted by stumason
Soccer (or Football as the rest of the world calls it) is far more flowing, fast paced and exciting to watch than "American Football"
See, there it is, American Football, thus recognizing the origins of football, and that 'soccer' is really just a degenerate form of football. This is also evidenced by how the term you guys use for soccer, 'footie', is a dimunitive of Football.
(that incidently involves very little foot to ball action).
Whatr you talking about, thats how the ball gets around, on foot.
Bandit
And here's some of the history of "soccer"to wet your appetite for the game..
Sigh, more revistionist history. You can't beleive everything you read on the internet!
You can also see how the rest of the world has some tendency to take proper football and degenerate it, even beyond merely making up soccer, but going so far as to make up this other 'rugby' thing, which is clearly an attempt at making a more primitive version of football.
Next you'll be claiming that 'cricket' isn't just a mutant verision of baseball.
Heck, in england, they even have some game where you try to throw a ball thru a metal hoop; obviously, some englanders saw a game of basketball, and tried to repeat in over in england, but, apparently, they couldn't remember it correctly. Thus the net is missing, and the like.
Soccer legend Maradona to lead anti-Bush march.
Originally posted by stumason
You don't seriously expect us to believe that all the worlds sports where invented in America,
Originally posted by Odium
Anyone else notice, when someone from South America of Central America has their own opinion it is because either:Has given it to them. It is possible for people down there, those ones with the darker skin, to have their own opinions. I know...it's shocking. Imagine them having their own view point. But yes, honeslty they do.
- Castro or;
- Hugo Chávez
Originally posted by Odium
Anyone else notice, when someone from South America of Central America has their own opinion it is because either:Has given it to them. It is possible for people down there, those ones with the darker skin, to have their own opinions. I know...it's shocking. Imagine them having their own view point. But yes, honeslty they do.
- Castro or;
- Hugo Chávez