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1) Maraodona, Simply Great Part 3
Author:
Gianni Truvianni
Category:
Sports
My resentment came mostly that Maradona did not play for Italy though it is often debated weather or not his ancestral roots might have been Italian. His last name not being Italian though it might have been taken from. Many Argentineans after all are of Italian descent but it is unsure weather Maradona is. As a personal note I will say that in all my time in South America I have never heard of anybody other then him having Maradona as a last name. It is during the time after the youth world cu...
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2) Maradona, Simply Great (Part 2)
Author:
Gianni Truvianni
Category:
Sports
Once an American sports commentator said that the great ones are loved at the beginning of their career, hated in the middle and once again loved at the end. This probably being because at the start they are young and as we see them improve we take enthusiasm as we see them grow in their talent. They naturally are not fully developed and make mistakes along the way but this can be overlooked given their youth and yet when they manage something spectacular this we praise all the more for the rea...
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3) Maradona, Simply Great (Part 1)
Author:
Gianni Truvianni
Category:
Sports
When I first started watching football back in 1977 and the time that lead up to the World Cup played in 1978 in Argentina, I apart from becoming a great fan of the sport learnt the basics as to what was the game of football. By the "basics" I mean not just learning what the object of the game was but the rules that included knowing the meaning of words such as off sides, a direct free kick, an indirect free kick, penalty, foul and many others. I however did not limit myself to learning the rul...
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