Illustration by Federico Manasse The 1980s were arguably the greatest era for the fabled number 10 shirt, especially in South America. The digits are inextricably linked with the fantasista; the player who…
Illustration by Federico Manasse To be celebrated as the greatest and most successful footballer your home continent has ever produced would induce great pride in any individual. When that same individual places…
The brutality was as effective as it was violent. The claustrophobia inflicted on his opponents was stifling to the point of suffocation. Reputations were swept away as easily as a standing leg…
Illustration by Federico Manasse “It’s going to need a bandage, love.” Brilliant, just what I was hoping for. It’s September 1986 and I was just about to start my second season with Hornsea…
BEFORE WE START, two things need to be made clear. Football is the greatest sport on earth, and I don’t support a team. Taking these two elements into account allows me the…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries And so to the end of this story, which has intertwined the experiences and narrative of four World Cups, a footballing…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries BEFORE THIS NARRATIVE skips to the 1990 World Cup in Italy, there is a day that needs to be commented upon…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries FOUR YEARS CAN feel like a lifetime when you are a child. Since Spain 82 I had busied myself with playing…
This feature is part of Diego Maradona: the World Cup diaries Diego Maradona played in four World Cups; in each one he left a different indelible imprint around the globe, none more…
How did football become the technology-driven, all-encompassing beast it is today? Through Africa’s support of João Havelange and FIFA, of course