A special existence of the Generation Ball King, Maradona, the Divine Demon Unity. How loud his fame is, how much controversy he has. Such as "God's Hand", such as "Kiss of the Century", such as "Ban Storm"... A series of controversial events familiar to fans.
Among the series of controversies created by Maradona, the most bizarre one is the drugging storm of the 1990 World Cup, and the truth is still mysterious. All the officials who concentrate in front of the screen may wish to follow the author and travel to the big era of the hegemony of the crowd, peeling back the cocoon in the fog of time, and trying to find the truth of the incident.
Going back in time to the summer of 1990, accompanied by a heart-stirring "Italian Summer", the curtain of the World Cup slowly opened.
Argentina is the defending champion, and there is a generation of ball king Maradona pressing the team, which is naturally recognized as a big favorite to win the bid. However, the dominance of the Pampas Eagles on the pitch is hardly comparable to that of four years ago, and even the group stage has been staggered, maradona's team first lost in front of Cameroon, and then suffered a lot of pain in Romania, and it took a lot of effort to break through.
The Argentine team, which is in such a bad state, met its old rival Brazil team in the knockout round, which can really be described as "the roof leak is in the overnight rain".
At this time, the Samba Legion was strong and strong, and naturally would not miss the heavenly opportunity to fight against the old enemy. So, from the first minute of the game, the Brazilian launched a tidal wave of attack, and the Pressure Argentine team was breathless. If it were not for the phenomenal performance of the dying Goyetchea, coupled with the fact that the goal frame refused the Brazilian's shot several times, the victory or defeat of this game would have lost its suspense long ago.
At this point in the game, I am afraid that not many people are optimistic that Argentina can win. However, the football is round, and just when everyone is looking down on Argentina one-sidedly, Maradona stepped forward and sent a fantastic pass for Caniggia, helping the "Children of the Wind" to break through the Pool of the Brazilian team - it was with this goal that the Argentine team crossed the road and eliminated the old enemy Brazil.
Seeing this, there may be many officials who feel: Isn't this just an ordinary personal show under the god Maradona, and what controversy can there be about this? There are more examples of weak victories over strong battles on the football field, why has it become a suspense case here in the ball king?
The controversy is mainly due to the bizarre performance of Brazilian defender Blanco. The top defender recognized by football that year judged the performance of the two in the first and second halves. When Maradona delivered a fatal pass, Blanco, who was supposed to go forward to defend, transformed into a "seeing emperor" and watched the old horse make a big fuss, even if it was described as "sleepwalking", it was not an exaggeration.
Blanco, who was the person involved, explained: "I drank the water handed to me by the Argentine in the first half, and then I felt dizzy and could not stand steadily..."
Whether this explanation is true or false is already difficult to verify. But what is certain is that Blanco did drink the water handed to him by the Argentine during the first half of the game. After all, match footage doesn't lie. As for the meaning of Blanco's words, it is nothing more than the Argentines doing tricks in the water, which leads to his bad performance.
Argentines drugged in Blanco's water? I have to say that this statement is really too appalling. As a result, after Blanco's statement, almost not many people believed his statement. In the eyes of many people, this is just blanco's shirking of responsibility.
What really pushed this incident to the climax was actually the statement of Maradona, a generation of ball kings. Years later, in an interview, the old horse made it clear in an interview that Blanco had indeed been drugged in his water, according to his description: "At that time, a few Brazilian players came over and drank with us, I said 'drink', and then Waldo drank, and Blanco even drank a whole bottle." ”
As for what kind of medicine it is, according to lao ma, it is a tranquilizer called Royphnol.
Maradona's appearance will obviously push the incident to the cusp. Brazil, as a suspected victim, will naturally be indignant about this, and more than one public figure has stood up and made harsh remarks.
In stark contrast is the attitude of the Argentines. Although Maradona's status in Argentina is extremely high, not many Argentines believe Maradona's claims. In the eyes of many people, this is just a small trick used by Maradona to increase ratings.
As a witness to the incident and also a close friend of Maradona, Caniggia dismissed the old horse's "drugging": "There is no so-called drugging incident at all, please don't believe Maradona." ”
Caniggia's public rebuttal makes the truth of the incident more and more confusing. But what is certain is that among Maradona and Caniggia, someone must have lied, and there is no doubt about it.
As for who the liar really is, listen to the medical experts. More than one medical expert has questioned Maradona's "drugging theory." Because of the kind of tranquilizer that Maradona said, it is difficult to have an immediate effect by oral administration. The time to really work is about two hours after oral administration...
Of course, the medical experts' statements do not necessarily represent the truth, nor do they rule out the possibility that Blanco has a special physique. Although this possibility is very small, it is a possibility after all.
And, again, the possibility that Maradona misremembered the specific drug name cannot be ruled out. After all, Maradona is not a medical expert after all, and time has passed so long, it is not surprising that a generation of ball kings have misremembered the name of the drug.
So, is maradona's pro-drug incident true or false? I'm afraid we can only see what we have to say.