Italian tennis player Potito Starace has lambasted former idol Diego Maradona for insulting him from the stand during his quarter-final loss to Argentina’s David Nalbandian in the Buenos Aires Open.
“Maradona insulted me as soon as the match began,” said Starace, a fan of Maradona’s former team Napoli.
“Diego made me lose my head, I went to the umpire and I said to him: ‘Either you throw him out or I’ll go bash a racket in his teeth’.”
Now why didn’t England keeper Peter Shilton think of that between the ‘Hand of God’ and one the greatest goals ever scored in the Mexico ‘86 quarter-final?
At least Diego’s still passionate about his country…
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The shame of letting one persons insults get to him like that. He needs to have a thicker skin if he wants to compete with the big boys on the circuit.
- Posted by Cy NicalMaradona was a great if not the great footballer of his era and all other ers’s.WAS being the opperative word,who cares what his opinion is.After all he is a total moron now adays anyway!
- Posted by bryan mackieMr shilton is also a bit of a hero in the game.However his comments about maradona do not help,anybody who is still idolised the way maradona is by kids should act in a more responsable way,his behaviour will only have a negative effect on the way youngsters behave,as they tend to even more than before follow others lead rather than deciding for them self what is righ and what is wrong.
- Posted by bryan mackieMaradona up to his old tricks - Reuters Soccer Blog
Maradona being a knob
- Posted by footballfilter.comif that Potito Starace really want to be a pro he had better act like it and grow up…. this isnt highschool anymore! plus Maradona is a smart dude..got what he wanted and pissed him off! good job
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- Posted by Daily Dose 2.26.08 - World Cup Blog - African Cup of Nations 2008I can kind of see both sides of this argument. On one side, Maradona is being smart and getting under Starace’s skin, it did the job and aided his fellow Countryman’s defeat of the Italian.
- Posted by Betting Blue BoyHowever, on the other side of the coin, Tennis’ etiquette from the fans has different expectations and such abuse is usually dealt with.
It is an unwritten rule, perhaps because it was Maradona nothing was done yet something surely should have been.