Day -826. WorldCup2018.
My post yesterday about Maria Sharapova and her banned drug use led to my memory of the greatest footballer ever (let the arguments begin), Diego Maradona and him being kicked out of 1994 World Cup. From Sharapova to Maradona, via Lance Armstong, that's quite the collection of sports starts with questionable methods of achieving their success. But that wasn't the end of that train of thought. It led to a happier memory.
At that 1994 World Cup, after Maradona was sent home, or somewhere other than where football was being played in the U.S., Argentina limped into the second round and faced Romania, a team with not much of a World Cup pedigree. Argentina would normally have been overwhelming favourites, but this was a team going through the trauma and distraction of losing it's legendary player. And there opponents were the Romania of Hagi, Dumitrescu, Popescu, Petrescu....the Brazilians of Europe.
It was a classic World Cup match and an especially strong personal memory. This is why I love the World Cup to see a team with an undeniable amount of skill, but still the underdogs, come together to put in a performance that was so much fun to watch for all the quick football, the perfect demonstration of slick counter attacking.
Excuse the Romanian commentary, which sounds very South American, but if you have 4 minutes watch and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMUoHQuGZYA
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