The date, Saturday 2nd June 1979.Glasgows hottest day for thirtyyears. The time around 4.50.pm, and an eighteenyear old Diego Armando Maradona was taking the acclaim of an adoring Hampden Park crowd, along with the rest of his Argentinian compadres from the centrecircle. A rapturous 62,000 crowd rose as one, for despite being brutally outclassed by the reigning World Champions, losing the game 31, they had witnessed something quite extraordinary. This ferociously, partisan crowd had lost their hearts to a mere fivefoot five, cropped, blackhaired kid, (Maradona was doing his nation service at the time), who stood nothing more than knee high to a bottle of Irn Bru, and had spent the last ninetyminutes torturing their heroes with his bewildering ball skills and blistering speed off the mark. It was incredible to watch a smiling Diego tear past Scottish darkblue shirts, whose attempts to stop him verged on cartoonish, as he simply left them standing, huffing and puffing appearing like drunks on a dance floor, out of rhythm with the music. Such was Diegos insane ability to slip tackles and explode clear of challenges, a Scotland player could well have produced a machine gun, opened fire, and still Maradona would simply drop a shoulder, ignite and dodge the bullets! Told through flashbacks from 2008, we also take in Diego Maradonas first game as Argentinas coach, at of all places. Hampden Park!

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