20 Year Old DIEGO MARADONA Puts Up A Show Against BRAZIL! (January 1981)

So there's several versions of this highlight reel on KZbin, but I honestly feel this one's the most complete and fluid edition of them all (except for a couple of plays at the end where the image seems to momentarily lose color calibration). This is basically one of younger Maradona's most exciting performances in my opinion, dominating the game against Tele Santana's upcoming Brazil. You can see the youthful Argentinian superstar gliding across the entire attacking front, commanding his squad, creating danger and making good decisions in almost all of his touches. A truly captivating scene to behold.
The match was part of the 1980/1981 Mundialito (also known as "Golden Cup of World Champions"), a short but exciting tournament held in Montevideo (Uruguay) between December the 30th of 1980 and January the 10th of 1981. This event served the purpose of celebrating the 50 year anniversary of football's first World Cup. The tournament reunited the following powerhouses: West Germany, Netherlands, Uruguay, Italy, Brazil and Argentina. In other words, all of the World Champions up to that point except the Netherlands, which replaced England because of organizational issues. Anyway, hope you enjoy this.
Special credits to / @asb-argentina for uploading the full game footage.
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[@cristianpaquez9966]

What a pleasure to see Maradona play, I don't miss any summary of the 10. Don't tell me that Pele was more complete, he had a different physique, but not the talent and magic of Diego Maradona, the best player in history.

[@felenti4956]

mean and hard as iron that is what made him the greatest ever full stop Maradona. Played in an era where defenders went out to injure you and you got little protection from refs. Defenders hacked and stamped on his feet to slow him down. He played in a decent, but not, best club teams. He was instrumental in winning the world Cup with Agentina. If he played today, he would be killing it.

[@VJ592]

Yet people think Messi is better

[@NickelTelasco-gs1nh]

Messi is the best than maradona

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

​@NickelTelasco-gs1nh haha, Messi not worth Diegos toe nail. Even Messi admits it.

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

Diego a genius. Messi is not a genius.

[@lithograhp]

@@Jackie-ji2sjBoth are genius.

[@freezarsimoes7556]

Nossa mãe, esse loko comia a bola 😮

[@Nygelkirtedits]

People think Messi is better but do they know that Messi’s idol was Maradona.

[@esdrasmakumbi4438]

So players aren’t allowed to have people they look up to now smh

[@euclideszoto997]

Pele is the best! Tired of the Maradona vs Messi debate!!!

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

Pele was excellent but Diego was a genius ❤