Cannes, France (CNN)An unacknowledged son, photo ops with the mafia and humongous cocaine binges: it’s incredible that Diego Maradona found time to become the greatest footballer of his generation.
And yet, during his seven years at Napoli, Maradona catapulted an unheralded team to become Italian league champions — twice — won the World Cup with Argentina and nearly came within a whisker of defending it.
“The Golden Boy” collected golden boots like cereal box toys; scored arguably the sport’s most famous and infamous goals in the same game. To many Neapolitans and Argentines he was god.
