In the pantheon of great World Cup photographs there is one which, in common perception at least, stands above the rest. It is the image of Diego Maradona being confronted by six Belgium players at the 1982 World Cup.
If ever a photograph encapsulates a player’s genius, this is surely it. It is a simple snapshot which, on face value, showcases Maradona’s audacity and the opposition’s utter terror at the prospect of facing him; terror exemplified by the sheer numbers they had apparently dispatched to mark him. Or such is the myth.
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