From: fkhoury@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Diego A. Maradona)
Subject: Re: Reply To Senior Carlos'
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Reply-To: fkhoury@ics.uci.edu (Diego A. Maradona)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:23:17 GMT

In article <9208171259.aa24367@ingate.microsoft.COM> t-frans@microsoft.com (Francis Stanisci) writes:
>From: Diego A. Maradona
>
>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?
>
>Response:  People already do, period!
>
>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.
>
>Response:  If Brazil needs an old retired futbol player to "...wake
>up.." their team, then the problem is far worse than I would have
>imagined.  Or you show little faith in Brazil, which is unfortunate.
>
>How many times does he go to Brasil?  He helped the States win the host
>nation for
>WC rather than Brasil.
>
>Response:  For starters, I don't think you have the slightest idea how
>much time he spends abroad as a good will ambassador ( something
>Maradona, of course, is not).  Brazil had the WC in 1950! or did you
>know that?  The US has not.  The US also needs this opportunity to wake
>up the broadcasting and newspaper industry to the importance of futbol
>in the US, it's importance to the rest of the world, and to help get
>all US based "soccer" organizations to use the rules as outlined by FIFA.
>
>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.
>
>Response:  These comments have absolutely no evidence to support them.
>Are you just some bitter little twit, who has an axe to grind?
>
>
>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.
>
>
>World Cup Titles:
>
>Italy (3)
>Brazil (3)
>West Germany (3)
>Uraguay (2)
>Argentina (1), Hardly that impressive for a country that you rave about.

-->HISTORY, PLEASE READ HISTORY.  IT WOULD BE MORE WORTHWHILE TO SPEND
YOUR TIME DIGGING OUT FACTS IN HISTORY THAN SPENDING IT POSTING WRONG
FACTS THAT PROVE IGNORANCE.
ARGENTUNA HAS WON THE WORLD CUP TITLE TWICE.  1ST IN 1978 AND 2ND IN 1986
WHEN THE KING MARADONA WAS AT HIS BEST.  You are saying that this is hardly
inpressive for Argentina.  Argentina is at least six times smaller than
Brasil with a big-time smaller population.  I don't think 1 world cup
differential between Brasil and Argentina, taking into   --- consideration
the size and popilation of both countries.
AGAIN AND AGAIN I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO AND DIG OUT FACTS IN HISTORY AND THEN
COME AND POST WHATEVER YOU FOUND FRANCIS.
>
>These are facts you can't dispute.  Remember, your the one that made
>the big deal about facts.
>
>
>>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.
>
>Response:  NOT!  Different style soccer, besides, Germany's track
>record is still better.
>
>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.
>
>Response:  Respect who(m)?  You don't get respect by forcing down a
>persons throat.  You earn respect.  Pele (and others) have *earned* the
>respect of fans around the World.  Maradona's fans are very specific
>and are not as global or broad.
>
>
>>Carlos Escobar
>>E-Mail:EC33@LAFAYACS.BITNET
>
>
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>Name    : Fuad Joe Khoury
>E-mail  : fkhoury@bonnie.ics.uci.edu
>
>**************************************************************************
>*---> The Sky is Light blue with white, so GOD is a fan of ARGENTINA.<---*
>                and the king ***DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA***
>
>
>So much for that! :-)
>Francis.
>


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