My last memory of Diego Amando Maradona was at the 2018 World Cup just before the clash between Argentina and Nigeria. Always a striking presence in the stands when La Albiceleste are on show, he entertained the crowds with a disco bump number with a buxom Nigerian fan. He may have danced again after a joyous, nail-biting match when Nigeria nearly went ahead, Lionel Messi scored a sublime goal from a brilliant cross-field pass and Marcos Rojo spared Argentina the blushes in the dying moments of the match. But that was Argentina’s last hurrah after a drubbing by
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