CGTN Sports Talk host Hu Zhicheng is joined by senior sports editor Josh McNally to reflect upon Diego Maradona's sudden death, which has brought an outpouring of mourning and tears from all corners of the globe.
Maradona was what we thought about when we thought about football, and he has turned a game into a form of art. There's hardly a player who divides opinion like the Argentine great, and he had left too big of a legacy to be forgotten.
The boy from the slums of Argentina who grew up to be the world's ultimate flawed genius has gone to play football in heaven.
Diego Maradona holds the World Cup trophy after Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 in the 1986 FIFA World Cup final at the Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico, June 29, 1986. /CFP
A crying Argentine fan mourns the death of Diego Maradona, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 25, 2020. /CFP
Host: Hu Zhicheng
Guest: Josh McNally
Cover designer: Feng Yuan
Chief editor: Chen Ran
Supervisor: Zhang Shilei