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Diego Maradona celebrates passionately after scoring for Argentina against Greece at the 1994 World Cup.
‘With Maradona around we’d have won USA 94. We lost our lighthouse, our leader - we struggled to change our mentality, to play as a team without him’ How Diego Maradona’s drug ban cost them another World Cup victory

By Joe Mewis Published

EXCLUSIVE Diego Maradona failed a drugs test at the 1994 World Cup, marking the end of his Argentina career

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Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona and son Diego jr during the peace match at the Olympic stadium. Rome (Italy), October 12th, 2016 (Photo by Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
‘I’m often compared to my father, but he was unique – nothing compares to him. Beethoven’s son didn’t play like his dad. They were two different people’: Diego Maradona's son reveals what it's like growing up with famous surname

By Ryan Dabbs Published

The son of Diego Maradona highlights how it was for him growing up in the 1990s

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Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona and son Diego jr during the peace match at the Olympic stadium. Rome (Italy), October 12th, 2016 (Photo by Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
'My surname was a handicap, no doubt. I’d get told, ‘If you wanted to avoid all of the attention, just don’t play football’. But I wanted to because I loved it!': Diego Maradona Jr. achieved great success despite his name proving a hinderance in the sport

By Ryan Dabbs Published

EXCLUSIVE Diego Maradona is one of the greatest footballers ever, so attempting to become a professional footballer was always going to be tricky for his son

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Tactical explainer: no.10
The No.10: football tactics explained

By Jack Lacey-Hatton last updated

TACTICS What actually is the No.10 position? Here's your handy tactical explainer

TACTICS
FourFourTwo Issue 375
NEW ISSUE: Liverpool’s Slot machine PLUS a day with Maradona Jr, finest football songs, faded wonderkids, John Toshack, FC United and Ray Parlour answers your questions!

By Gregg Davies Published

MAGAZINE Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print or on your device now!

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Paul Pogba in action for Juventus against Bologna in August 2023.
Players who went back to their former clubs

By Ben Hayward Published

Returning heroes A look at some high-profile players in the men's game who went back to their former clubs and how they got on...

Returning heroes
BARCELONA, SPAIN - JULY 28: The three stars of F.C. Barcelona, Diego Armando Maradona, Allan Simonsen and Bernd Schuster, at the presentation of the squad for the 1982-1983 season, held at the Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain, on July 28, 1982. (Photo by Sigfrid Casals/Getty Images)
‘I had it in my contract when I joined Barcelona from Spurs that I’d wear the No.8 shirt – Bernd Schuster said no, so I took Diego Maradona’s No.10 instead’: Scotland hero recalls replacing Argentinian legend at Barca in 1984

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Steve Archibald had the unenviable task of replacing Diego Maradona at Barcelona when arriving from Tottenham

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The 50 best football boots ever
Ranked! The 50 best football boots ever

By Lolade Jinadu last updated

RANKED! From Nike to New Balance, Puma to Adidas, let's run through the best football boots ever

RANKED!
Ronaldo celebrates Brazil's 2002 World Cup final win over Germany.
Players who scored at three or more World Cups

By Ben Hayward Published

A look at the players who scored in three or more editions of football's biggest tournament...

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar embrace after a Champions League game between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain in February 2018.
Players who scored 100 goals for two or more clubs

By Ben Hayward Published

A look at some of the footballers in the men's game who racked up a century of goals for two or more clubs...

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