The “Senna” and “Amy” film-maker focuses on the period from 1984 to 1991, covering the Argentine footballer’s years at Napoli and two World Cups
EARLY IN “Diego Maradona” there is a chaotic press conference. The celebrated Argentine playmaker has been signed by Napoli, an Italian football club, and he is being unveiled to more than 80,000 ecstatic fans at Stadio San Paolo.
The film’s most memorable sporting scenes are situated in their historical context. Britain had defeated Argentina in the Falklands war in 1982; had it been a match, Mr Maradona said, they would have won 20-0. When England and Argentina met in the World Cup quarter-final four years later, the atmosphere was fraught. Mr Maradona used his hand to punch the ball past Peter Shilton, England’s goalkeeper: he called it the “hand of god”.
Indeed, Mr Maradona is not a likeable hero. He is crude, teaching his young daughter to chant expletives in the manner of an extreme “Napoli ultra” fan. He makes sexist remarks, and he refuses to acknowledge a love-child for decades. But it is hard not to feel some sympathy for him. He winces in agony as he receives pain-killing injections for sciatica, a nerve condition, in order to play.
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