From: EC33@lafibm.lafayette.edu (EC33)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: RE: Reply to Carlos'
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:00:38 GMT
Organization: Lafayette College
Originator: news@lafcol
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In article <2A8A04D9.3542@ics.uci.edu> fkhoury@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Diego A. Maradona) writes:

Well.  What can I say, Carlos?
It is too bad that Maradona will always be the best player in the world
whether some people like it or not.

>Always? Have you ever heard of a guy called PELE, aka "the athlete of
>the 20th century"?  Pele was not only a better player than Diego
>Armando (not Armendo) Maradona, but he had  something Maradona never had
>or will have: CLASS.

Yes, I have heard of Pele.  But how would you ask people to respect him?
He lives in the States.  All what he cares about is make money.  He does
not give a damn about the Brasilian soccer cus if he did, he would have
tried to help the national team wake up from its sleep.  How many times
does he go to Brasil?  He helped the States win the host nation for
WC rather than Brasil.  Unfortunetly, a lot of people believ the crap he
says that he did that to popularize the sport in the states.  But I was
not surprised.  The truth always hurts and if he told the truth, he would
have said that he did that cuz he was recompensated for it.  This is not
a bizar thing from "DIAMOND PELE".
"THE ATHLETE OF THE 20TH CENTURY".  You abviously have good sources of info.
I would like you to post it so that every one can see it and I could absorb
from it.  I would not be surprised if the magasine that wrote that is owned
by your dad.




If we want to be objective, no single football (I hate to say soccer) in
the world come even close to Argentina if you want to look at the last
14 years.  They won it in 1978.  They more than deserved it in 1986.
They were runner-up in 1990.  They were in three out of the last four
final match of the world cup.  It would be a much better idea for
people to look at facts before they talk so that they don't make fool
out of themselves.

>No team has come even close? Argentina is the greatest? Make a fool
>out of ourselves?  Have you ever heard about Germany?   Champs in '74,
>finalists in'82 & '86 and champs in 1990. (4 out of 5)  Not even close
>to matching Argentina?

I agree with you on the fact that German soccer comes close to the
Argentinian's.

The fact they think they are European and superior is not of anyone's
business.  Lots of them have European origions.  Boy, I had never known that
this was something to be ashamed of until I read your posting.

>Thinking that you are superior because of the color of the skin or your
>origins, is something to be ashamed of.  It is a form of racism for your
>information.
**Yes, and being jealousy from someone is another form of racism for your
info.<----

Let us just look at facts before we talk cuz this will get other people to
respect us.

>Carlos Escobar
>E-Mail:EC33@LAFAYACS.BITNET


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Name    : Fuad Joe Khoury
E-mail  : fkhoury@bonnie.ics.uci.edu

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*---> The Sky is Light blue with white, so GOD is a fan of ARGENTINA.<---*
                and the king ***DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA***

Members of the ARGENTENIAN national team that won the World Cup 1986:
22- Nery Pompido              GoalKeeper
19- Oscar Ruggeri             Right-back
5 - Jose Brown                Libero
16- Julio Olarticoechea       Left-back
2 - Daniel Batista            Mid-fielder
14- Ricardo Giusti            Mid-fielder
12- Oscar Henrique            Mid-fielder
7 - Jorge Burruchaga          Mid-fielder
10- DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA    Mid-fielder  "Captain" "Award of Best Player"
4 - Claudio Borghi            Attacker
11- Jorge Valdano             Attacker

Members of the ARGENTINIAN national team, the runner-up, in World Cup 1990:
12- Goycoechea                GoalKeeper
19- Oscar Ruggeri             Right-back
20- Juan Simon                Libero
16- Julio Olarticoechea       Left-back
18- Serrizuela                Defender
14- Ricardo Giusti            Mid-fielder
4-  Daniel Basualdo           Mid-fielder
7 - Jorge Burruchaga          Mid-fielder
10- DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA    Mid-fielder  "Captain"
8 - Claudio Canniggia         Attacker
6 - Calderon                  Attacker
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