Maradona, a super patriot, hated embracing Brazilians. Now and again, however, he simply couldn\u2019t stop himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cRonaldo is the greatest striker of all time,\u201d he said. \u201cWithout injuries, he would’ve been the greatest player of all time. He would’ve made the world forget about me and Pele.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWatching him was pure joy,\u201d he said of Ronaldinho. \u201cHe made me feel like a kid on a ride that I never wanted to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the maiden FIFA Club World Cup\u2122 Maradona was waxing lyrical about another Brazuca. Manchester United, the 1999 Intercontinental Cup winners, had infamously dropped out of the FA Cup to focus on conquering the competition. Their hopes were all but obliterated in their second outing against Vasco da Gama.<\/p>\n
Edmundo alertly intercepted a Gary Neville back-pass to lay the first on a plate for Romario, before the latter capitalised on another gaffe from the same player to make it two.<\/p>\n
Then, after nice build-up play from Juninho Pernambucano and Jorginho, Gilberto rolled the ball into the feet of Edmundo, back to goal. Anticipating his marker would commit himself, \u2018The Animal\u2019 mercurially flicked the ball up and over his head and, as Mikael Silvestre slid helplessly across the Maracana grass, spun round and poked it home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love that goal,\u201d said Maradona. \u201cIt was a piece of genius that only a few players from each generation would have had the skill to pull off, and only a few players in history would have had the imagination to think of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even the man who conceded it remembers the goal fondly. \u201cNobody likes conceding goals, but that\u2019s the one that left me with the best memories,\u201d said Mark Bosnich. \u201cIt was absolutely magnificent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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