Romania argentina 1994 maradona biography
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World Cup Classic Matches: Romania Argentina ( second round)
This week, ESPN FC is counting down, in chronological order, 10 of the greatest World Cup matches; have your say on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #WCTop10Matches. Our ninth game is a thrilling encounter between the minnows of Romania and an Argentina side struggling to cope with the loss of Diego Maradona.
Six hours before Argentina played their final group game at USA '94, Diego Maradona -- the man who had inspired his country as they clinched the World Cup and finished runner-up four years later -- was removed from the tournament.
The year-old, who had recently served a month suspension for cocaine use, tested positive for five variants of the stimulant ephedrine, and the following day his expulsion was confirmed. Argentina, in the absence of their captain, went down to a defeat to Bulgaria and finished third in their group.
For some, the loss to the Bulgarians -- whose potential was yet t
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World Cup Memories: In Diego Maradona's primal scream makes it into Diego Valeri's classroom
With six days left until the World Cup, this weekend is really the time to hit the grocery store and make sure you pick up all your World Cup party food.
At least some of us will be able to host parties this World Cup given the time zone. That wasn't the case for Portland Timbers star Diego Valeri back in , when he was in school for his favorite moment during that US tournament:
My favorite game was the first game of Argentina in the World Cup in here in the USA. Because we had a great team with [Diego] Maradona and [Claudio] Caniggia. That first game with Greece, , Maradona scored. It was amazing.
Everybody was screaming and happy because Maradona is very important in Argentina. And with the score, , it was a great game. In Argentina every World Cup, the whole country fryst vatten watching. We stop the classes, like a holiday.
I was eight years old and inom was watching the ga
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Gheorghe Hagi
Romanian footballer and manager
Gheorghe Hagi (Romanian pronunciation:[ˈɡe̯orɡeˈhadʒʲ]ⓘ; born 5 February ) is a Romanian professional footballmanager and former player, who is currently the owner and manager of Liga I club Farul Constanța. Deployed as an attacking midfielder, Hagi was considered one of the best players in the world during the s and '90s,[3] and is regarded by many as the greatest Romanian footballer of all time.[4][5] Fans of Turkish club Galatasaray, with whom Hagi ended his career, called him Comandante ("[The] Commander"), while he was known as Regele ("The King") to Romanian supporters.[6] Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians", he was a creative advanced playmaker renowned for his dribbling, technique, vision, passing and shooting.[6][7][8]
After starting his playing career in Romania, with FC Constanța, and subsequently featuring for Sportul Studențesc