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We Came to Win

The News (The Last Days of Maradona)

We Came to Win

Gimlet

Sports, Soccer, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

At 1:04pm on November 25, 2020, the first paper published the news that Diego Maradona had died. A media frenzy ensued around the world. Immediately, people began to question the team that had taken care of Maradona, who would ultimately face criminal charges in relation to his death. In this episode, we return to that day, to learn how the news of Maradona’s death broke. We look at the impact that his death had on the world, how it affected people close to him, and how the pain from their loss gave way to anger surrounding the investigation into the way he died. The original episode, "The News", was published by Spotify's Original Podcast The Last Days of Maradona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thank you very much. Indeed, we have some breaking news to bring you Diego Maradona widely regarded to be one of the greatest footballers who ever played the game has died.

0:12.0

The De Diego Maradona died. I was at home in Montreal. I suddenly started getting a bunch of messages. Then I turned on the TV.

0:21.0

Diego Armando Maradona, you will always be in our hearts.

0:25.0

It was simply surreal.

0:31.0

I am Terry Henry, a lot of people call me Titi. The decades I spent playing football were fulfilling to say the least.

0:47.0

I got to play for my country, France, and lived a walk up. And I was lucky to play for several top European clubs.

0:54.0

From the beginning, Maradona was my inspiration.

1:01.0

I was almost nine when I first saw Maradona do his magic on the pitch.

1:06.0

The first walk up I watched was Mexico 86, where we all witnessed the hand of God.

1:17.0

And then that historic goal that followed, where he blew through the entire English defense.

1:24.0

I was blown away just like everyone else who got to witness that moment in real time.

1:33.0

All like those who eventually would watch and rewatch in admiration in the decades that followed.

1:44.0

In that time, I grew as a player and so did my respect and admiration for Maradona.

1:49.0

And for me and for the rest of the kids in Nezulis, a working class server of Paris, Maradona was more than a football genius.

1:56.0

He was one of us.

1:59.0

At the end of the day, every dreamer with a football, Richard Paul, could see themselves reflected in Maradona.

2:06.0

That's why I'm more than to be a host, as we jump into an investigative series that takes a deep and honest look at what was happening in the last moments of Maradona's life.

2:20.0

We started on that very day of his death, with a man who lived in a club close, in a way that very few did.

2:31.0

It was a Wednesday, like any other.

2:33.0

I wake up, I have breakfast with my kids, with my family.

2:40.0

On November 25th, 2020, calling Campbell Lady Goyan, was at his home in a gated community of a suburban Buenos Aires called Tigre.

2:49.0

The homes have manicured loans, and there is a large porn nearby.

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