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How I met the greatest footballer on earth

“OH, so this is where I am going to prepare my team to win the World Cup. It’s beautiful. I like it.”

Diego Maradona, through his interpreter, tells us during an inspection walk about on the University of Pretoria University’s High Performance Centre (HPC) fields ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

“So, you believe you will lead Argentina to World Cup glory as a coach just like you

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