Maradona with referee Angelis in a meeting with Greece in 1994 (Simon Prouty / Getty)
It was the final world Cup 1994 in the United States, the last for the late legend Diego Armando Maradona As a player he scored his last goal for the “Tango” team, in the match that finished 4-0 against Greece.
In that confrontation, the referee Arthur Angelis was responsible for guiding the course of the match and, after 28 years, he revealed a private dialogue that took place between him and the Argentine soccer star, in the middle of the match.
And Angelis admitted in an interview with the Argentine site “Info Bay”: “Maradona came from various difficult circumstances, he returned to the world stage and I knew that they would try to stop him in any way because of his abilities and his leadership of all on the pitch, so he was a player to take care of. Whatever anyone says, there are players to take care of.”
And the Mexican referee recalled a special moment he had with the Argentine legend and some advice he gave him.
Go out the narrow door
And after just one match, and after the confrontation that ended in a 2-1 victory over Nigeria, Maradona was selected for a doping test, after which he was suspended from the World Cup, after a positive result appeared.
Strange that Angels admitted to having discovered the punishment inflicted on Diego before the others, and on this he added: “I discovered the matter because we already knew before the press discovered that, in Dallas (where the referees were stationed), we he knew that the result of his (Maradona) test was positive.
He concluded by saying: “It was sad, because in the end football needs players like him, players like Messi, Pele, Maradona and Ronaldo, because as fans we love to see the show they put on. Every country needs top-class players “. soccer player.”
