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A look at how impactful Diego Maradona was in Argentina's triumph in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
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00:00āļ Berg sounds
00:02First time
00:04Diego Maradona is one of the most iconic players in FIFA World Cup history
00:09Appearing in four tournaments between the ages of 21 and 33
00:13Here, we focus on how the Mercurio Argentine lit up the 1986 FIFA World Cup
00:17On the way to lifting the trophy for his nation
00:20in a stats perform datadive
00:23During that tournament in Mexico
00:24Maradona either scored or assisted
00:26áš§nāļ™āļĒāļŠāđ‰āļēāļŦāļēāļĒāļĩ ÐšÐ°Ð―Ð°ÐŧipeāļĄ Built Ale mundo Portugal
00:34āļāļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļļāđˆāļĄāļŦāļąāļ§āđ€āļ›āļĨāļĩāđˆāļĒāļ™āļāļąāļĨāļ­ŅŅ‚Ðļāļ­āļĻāļ āļēāļž
00:38āđ€āļ”āļĩāļĒāļ§āđ€āļˆāđ‰āļĄāļ§āļīāļ˜āļĩāļ™āļ°
00:42āļĨāļąāļšwrightāļąāļ‡ Susboard
00:46bothāļ­ sar teāļ” Feeling
00:4810 gold involvements of any sort in a single World Cup
00:51and the only player to have achieved defeats since 1970
00:54Maradona's importance to Argentina's side in 1986 was obvious
00:58he was involved in more than half of their shots
01:00either making the final pass before
01:02or attempting 57 of their 101 shots himself
01:06no player has beaten an opponent with more take-ons in a single World Cup
01:10than Maradona did in 1986
01:12he successfully took the ball around an opponent 53 times in that tournament
01:16averaging 8 per game
01:194 of those successful take-ons in 1986 came in just one single move
01:23the build-up to his goal of the century against England in the quarter-finals
01:27Maradona travelled 51 metres with the ball on the way to scoring his second goal of that game
01:32and his first without using his hand
01:35only 3 World Cup goals since 1966 have seen a player travel further with the ball before scoring
01:41he also proved that he was as equally adept with his hands as he was with his feet
01:45excluding the one he famously got away with against England
01:48he gave away 7 fouls for handball in World Cups
01:52which is more than any other player
01:54so some pretty punchy numbers
01:56there's no doubt that Maradona's performances for Argentina in 1986
01:59make up one of the most impressive individual World Cup campaigns of all time
02:03and the data shines more light on just how special he was during the Albi Celeste's second title
02:10not waiting for it
02:12āļ—āļĩāđˆāļŠāļļāļ”āļ—āļĩāđˆāđāļ āļ—āļĩāđˆāļŠāļļāļ”āļ—āļĩāđˆāļŠāļļāļ”āļ—āļĩāđˆāļ™āļĩāđˆ
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