Maradona's condition improving

Soccer player???

sorry futbol player??

i missed the main part of the story on the news
all i heard was he's in hospital they thought he'd die
what was it ? drugs again?

The best football player in history !

Very good to hear

poor diego

Drugs don't discriminate, they can fuck anyone up!

tell me this story doesn't sound like it was written as an obituary:


Maradona improving in intensive care


BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Diego Maradona, one of the most gifted players in football history, remains in intensive care in a Buenos Aires clinic with heart and breathing problems but is stable and improving.

His doctors said in a statement on Monday that his "progress has been satisfactory until now" and that his arterial pressure was normalising. He was still breathing with the help of an artificial respirator.

Family doctor Alfredo Cahe said Maradona had a lung infection and denied reports he had taken an overdose of cocaine -- an addiction he has battled for the last decade.

"He has a lung infection ... because of a chill," Cahe told a scrum of reporters outside the posh Buenos Aires clinic where Maradona is being treated. "He is quite stable and (his progress) is relatively good."

"It is not related to an overdose. Lately, Maradona was not (consuming) cocaine," Cahe had earlier told local radio. "I wouldn't say his condition is extreme."

After a similar scare in early 2000 Maradona's entourage initially denied cocaine was involved but his cardiologist later told agonised fans to change their placards from "Hang in there Diego" to "Damned cocaine".

Maradona, 43, had arrived at the clinic on Sunday in a serious, feverish state with breathing difficulties and a swollen heart, after watching a game at his former club Boca Juniors' stadium.

Maradona's official website www.diegomaradona.com said the former Argentina captain was taken ill while eating a traditional barbecue after watching Boca play at the Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires where he made his name.

Well-wishers mounted a vigil outside the Suizo-Argentina clinic on Monday, some wearing Boca's blue and yellow strip.

Fans glued posters of 'El Diez' (No. 10 shirt) in his footballing prime on the clinic's walls. Many Argentines were too scared to turn on their televisions or radios on Monday morning for fear of hearing the worst.

Newspapers carried pictures of the former player on their covers, and cited unnamed medical experts as saying Maradona's heart is damaged and worn out. Local television played footage of Maradona's greatest on-pitch moments.

"For Argentines who love football, Diego is nothing less than a god and the fact that something bad is happening to him brings huge sadness to us all. I wish I could speak with him," said Valencia's Argentina midfielder Pablo Aimar.

"If Argentina is known by so many people it is largely due to Maradona," added Aimar, one of several players to have been dubbed the 'New Maradona'. "I've no idea how he got to reach this state but everyone has to live their own life."

RAGS TO RICHES

Maradona, the fifth of eight children of a factory worker, made his international debut in 1977. He moved to Barcelona in 1982 after the World Cup in Spain for $3 (1.67 million pounds) million and spent two years with the Spanish club marred by illness and injury.

In 1984 he moved to Napoli for a world record $7.5 million and helped transform a mediocre club into one of the best in Italy.

At the peak of his form, he led Argentina to a 3-2 triumph over West Germany in the 1986 World Cup final.

He scored twice in the quarter-final 2-1 defeat of England, one the infamous "Hand of God" goal when he fisted the ball into the net and the other a stunning solo effort when he ran through the opposition with the ball seemingly glued to his left foot.

In 1991 he failed a dope test for cocaine and was banned for 15 months.

He played in his fourth World Cup in the United States in 1994 but tested positive for a cocktail of drugs the day before he was due to make a record 22nd appearance.

Maradona was admitted to a Uruguayan hospital in 2000 for hypertension and an irregular heart beat.

He has spent most of the past two years in Cuba having treatment for drug addiction.

Despite his well-publicised drug problems, Maradona has a widespread fan club with 20,000 people as far afield as Vietnam and Iceland becoming members of the 'Church of Maradona'.

He has also been honoured with a musical about the ups and downs of his turbulent rags-to-riches life

glad to hear hes ok. its a shame he cant kick that shit.

YOu are FULL of shit.....best player in history ever is still PELE!

cocaine's a hell of a drug

Was weird seing Pele doing erection problem comercials. Good for him.

That is debatable.. and always will be... he was a GREAT dribbler.. and was in MY opinion one of the top 3 players ever...

I thought the title said "Madonna"

no, she is a different person that annoys the British

who? eek7

He's been a drug addict since like 1986 - i'm surprised he is still alive at all...

LOL

Well, at least the guy is improving. I hope that if it was caused by drugs, this will teach him a lesson about them.

who?

Haha, I thought you consider her the Diana you lost ...

Maradona is my fav player of all time by far, i cant belive someone with such talent resorts to years and years of drug use.

um...i would answer that but I would get the Diana brigade after me.

it is amazing what talent both him and George Best threw away through vice.

I am happy to hear that he is doing better. Its just a very talented man that could never handle his money and fame.
Probably because of his background and unstable emotinal background. Despite some of the things he has done its a good guy.

He was great but the best football player in history?

PELE PELE PELE

Who's Maradona ?

Maradona will always be a legend,no mether of drugs problems he is one of the best soccer players ever

That is something you better not talk about before you get ina huge fight. One of the reasons that i hate soccer.

Someone more important for soccer than Jordan for the NBA

i could had been the best....
but my parents didn't support my soccer career
And now I am selling porn on the internet :/

Yeah same thing here. I used to play in the same team as Winston Bogarde. He played for Ajax, Milan, Barca and Chelsea. I still live in the same neighboorhood as where he started...









Then again... I have more money then he has....

x 10

Good for him! I wish him speedy recovery on this one!

poor Maradona

he looks so bad.. it's hard to believe that he's still so young.. and also that a such a great champion has so many personal problems

too much coke

true.

Johan Cruyff of course

Drugs don't fuck people up. People fuck people up.

Everything annoys the British.

Except maybe the Queen.

yeah juventus will hire him as a top striker ...

what did they give him to feel better?

Queen does it too and so does the people that aren't annoyed by the Queen.

Fuckin Maradonna He's banned in a couple of countries cuz of his drug past!
He's a Fuckin Legend!

Or not.

and your choice would be?

First time I hear about him ... damn I'm uncultured sometimes

Pelé. It was as if the football was a part of his body. I can't remember which game it's from, but i'm sure we all remember the footage of that great goal maradona scored in one of the world cups, where he beat like 4 or 5 players. I mean.. great goal, but Pelé did it more than a few times.

At his peak, I'd also rate George Best above Maradona.

Agreed!

there was a voting about who's the best player ever between millions of fans, journalists, players, former players and more all around the world and Diego won easily. Just for your info, Pele had to fight the 3rd place with Alfredo Di Stefano.

Anyway, Diego is in hospital, like 20 blocks from where I am (the fucker is in a hospital located in the intersection of 2 of the main avenues here and all transit is fucked up in the city due to the thousands of people outside the hospital). They say this time wasn't drugs, but I doubt it. In any case, its condition is inflinged by drug habits, current or former. He's like twice the weight he had when he played