How I made my first love - Diego Maradona

Argentine football model, Diego Maradona is synonymous with two things, football and controversies.

Regarded as the bad boy, he is often called or nicknamed the flawed genius. There are entire generations of people that support Argentina because of this man.
Maradona was a magician with the ball at his feet is one of the best ever, if not the best but apart from that, he is perhaps the worst among all the football legends.

The former Argentina Coach is now in the news again for something that has to do with privacy. At 59, the ex-FC Barcelona forward has come out to reveal an event that happened to him 46 years ago.

In an interview with Argentine sports channel TyC Sports, Maradona revealed how he lost his virginity and even described it in details. The FIFA Player of the Century insisted that he first made love to an older lady while he was just 13 years old.

“At 13 years old, in a basement with an older lady. I was on top and she was reading a newspaper"

He also share his thought about his encounter with Unidentified flying objects which is also known as UFOs which was used as an excuse after coming back late from a party.

“Why make things up? Once, after a few too many drinks, I was missing from home for three days.

“I got home and said that UFOs had taken me. I said ‘They took me, I can’t tell you about it’.”

Maradona won the 1986 FIFA World Cup for his side and was a superstar for club Napoli and the English fans won't forgive him for his unbelievable act that year.

The quarter-final between Argentina and England in 1986 is where Maradona scored the most controversial goal in the history of World Cup.
He punched an aerial ball, with his hand, past the goalkeeper Peter Shilton. This act came to be known as 'Hand of God'. And, just four minutes after, he went on to score the best goal of his career, to hand Argentina a win.

Nigeria fans won't forget in a hurry not long ago, Maradona had to be treated by paramedics following Argentina’s dramatic 2-1 victory over Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup. He had earlier been filmed manically celebrating Marcos Rojo’s late winning goal and swearing at supporters.

As television cameras swung his way, seconds after the ball hit the back of Nigeria’s net, Maradona thrust middle-finger gestures with both hands. It is not the first time that Maradona has made the headlines for his antics in Russia.

By Olamide Oyetunji