Tycsports.com devotes a lengthy article Diego Armando Maradona of one of the most memorable four minutes of his career full of successes (and scandals), the four-minute warm-up before the Bayern Munich-Napoli UEFA Cup semi-final second leg played on April 19, 1989.
🎶 Life is life.. 🎶
Diego Armando Maradona’s iconic warm-up routine from Napoli’s 1989 UEFA Cup Semi-final against Bayern Munich.pic.twitter.com/ULc2oB2PcC
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When the world hit “Live Is Life” by the Austrian band Opus, composed five years before, came on, Diego, with his shoelaces tied, began to dance with the ball, which simply did not want to fall.
The way he bounced the ball off the lawn with an inimitable movement, then made it dance on both legs, knees, head, shoulders, and stopped it on his forehead was already amazing. While the music was playing, the 70,000 spectators stared at the memorable production with their jaws dropped, as if they only knew that they were witnessing a production that, after the invention of the internet and YouTube
fans are enjoying it in twenty million (!) shares.
Two weeks earlier, Napoli beat Bayern 2-0 at the San Paolo Stadium (which now bears Maradona’s name), the big-haired number 10 (Pelusa) provided two assists in that match, one for Careca and one for Carnevale:
The two assists were also in the second half, already in the second half, both for Careca (at 8:20 and 12:00). Before that, however, he had a sensational free kick in the first, which goalkeeper Aumann took out of the box (at 3:50), as well as an unconferred header (at 5:05), which was allegedly offside.
In the rematch Hansi Flicknek he was supposed to catch Maradona, but the Bayern and later German national team manager was so unable to cope with the task that Jupp Heynckesthe coach of the Bavarians replaced his player in the 68th minute.
Decades later, Flick remembered the match like this:
It was the most memorable and also the most difficult match of my life. Maradona played an unearthly game. But that is not the point. After the match, he came up to me, shook my hand and asked in a friendly way if everything was alright. I will never forget!
In the final against VfB Stuttgart, Napoli won the match in Naples 2–1 in Stuttgart, in the second leg the score was 3–3, the trophy went to the Italians with a score of 5–4. Maradona scored one goal and three assists in the two matches, i.e. he was involved in four of the five Napoli goals…
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