4 minutes which changed football world

Four minutes which changed the football world

Just about everything has been said of Diego Maradona in thousands of tributes to the Argentine player who died on Wednesday.

Many believe he was the best ever footballer and there is no question he was a national hero, attaining God-like status in his homeland.

Debates over whether Maradona or Pele was the greatest of that era are unhelpful.

Both were extraordinarily gifted players, but they were very different people, with different skills, and Maradona suffered many more problems off the pitch than Pele.

Interestingly, Pele was one of the first to offer his tribute to Maradona, commenting: “I have lost a dear friend and the world has lost a legend.”

If you have been watching the television news in the past few days you will…

4 minutes which changed football world