World Cup 2018: The Greatest World Cup XI of all time

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Central Attacking Midfielder: Diego Maradona (Argentina)

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Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona is one of the greatest footballers of all time and became immortal as a footballer after his legendary performance in the 1986 World Cup. He almost single-handedly won the World Cup for Argentina, beating teams like England, Belgium and West Germany with his wizardry on the pitch. He scored 5 goals in that tournament and was the best player by far. Maradona’s dribbling and his famous left foot won him millions of admirers worldwide. In the 1990 World Cup, Maradona led an ordinary Argentina side to yet another final before losing 0-1 to West Germany and finishing runner-up.

In all, Maradona played in 21 World Cup matches and scored 8 goals. Maradona’s maiden appearance in the World Cup in 1982 was hardly worth remembering as he was shown a red card against Brazil in the 2nd match he played. The tragedy was repeated in the 1994 World cup when he was banned for life after testing positive in a drug test after the match against Nigeria. However, what he did between those 2 forgettable occurrences would forever be remembered by football-lovers.

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