I despised him in 86 and ever since. It wasn’t just the handball, although that went a long way. It his attempts to justify the handball and subsequently his general demeanour. There are many other instances too....for example at the last World Cup when Argentina scored a late winner to beat Nigeria, the cameras panned onto Maradonna in the crowd celebrating and he promptly gave ’The finger’.
There is no doubt the guy was an incredible player, his second goal against England in 86 was astonishing. However, unlike many other greats he showed a total lack of humility and decency and seemed to want to be unliked outside his homeland. With me he succeeded.