Diego Maradona's warm-up was the original viral video long before the Ronaldo, Messi era of amazing tricks
Sid Lowe dives into the proposed protocols for team training and the potential timetable for La Liga's return. Maradona's now-iconic warm-up 31 years ago last Sunday was one of those defining moments in soccer for what it revealed about the player and about us.
It was a viral video before there were viral videos. A TikTok before TikTok.
The video of Diego Maradona's warm-up routine ahead of Napoli's UEFA Cup semifinal second leg against Bayern Munich in 1989 -- which happened 31 years ago last Sunday -- is as fresh today as it was then.
Today's equivalents -- whether it's marketers and directors trying to make heavily produced athletes look authentic or influencers recreating classic soccer moments in their backyards -- pale by comparison.
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