When it comes to World Cup results, Maradona is not the best, after all, he has only won the championship once. But in the 1986 World Cup, Maradona's performance was too dazzling and impressive. So many people believe that the 1986 World Cup was Maradona's one-man World Cup. With the goal of the century alone, Maradona could be a god at the World Cup.
In fact, the reason why Maradona became a god with the 1986 World Cup is largely because of the background of the Falklands War, which made him a national hero of Argentina. However, purely from a football point of view, Maradona is the god of the World Cup, in fact, there is a hidden background.
Maradona participated in a total of 4 World Cups, of which the 1982 World Cup was the initial stage, the 1986 World Cup was the god stage, and then the 1990 World Cup, although Argentina won the runner-up, but the strength and state are not as good as before, but even so, Maradona still dragged the whole team to the final. As for the 1994 World Cup, not to mention, Maradona was directly banned and withdrew early for well-known reasons. Argentina also stopped in the round of 16.
Therefore, if Maradona's World Cup experience is regarded as an epic, then the 1986 and 1990 World Cups accounted for the largest share.
Winning a major tournament, although the result is the most important, the process cannot be ignored either. Some teams actually did not encounter strong resistance in the process of winning the championship, while some teams, on the way to the top, encountered strong opponents from all walks of life, and finally achieved hegemony. Obviously, the second way to win the championship is better. If we integrate the opponents that Argentina has played in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, we will find a golden fact - in these two World Cups, Argentina has defeated all the World Cup winning teams at that time.
Before 1990, only six teams had won the World Cup. In addition to Argentina itself, there are Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, England.
In the 1982 World Cup, although Argentina met Brazil and Italy, they were defeated by each other, when Maradona was not mature enough and was sent off with a red card in the game against Brazil. But in the 1986 World Cup, Maradona finally got on the hook, leading Argentina to first eliminate Uruguay in the quarter-finals and then beat England in the quarter-finals. In the final, Argentina defeated Germany 3:2. In a World Cup, Argentina defeated the three major champions.
Don't worry, there's the 1990 World Cup. Although Argentina's performance in this World Cup is far from that of four years ago, Maradona still relied on his individual ability to bring Argentina infinitely close to the Hercules Cup. This time in the quarterfinals, Argentina finally completed their revenge against Brazil, and Maradona's assist of the century made Caniggia the final word. In the semifinals, Argentina took revenge on Italy and reached the final. You know, Italy was the host at the time. Personally keeping the host out of the final, Argentina's revenge is too complete.
In other words, Maradona defeated all the championship teams except Argentina at that time in the World Cup. This is how the king of balls is made. In contrast, it is indeed a pity that Messi has never crossed the hurdle of Germany on the road to becoming a god. In addition, England, the team that Messi should play the most, has never met.