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Teaser - The Interview: Floriana Messina (Ep 78)

The Italian Football Podcast
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Maradona: Staying True to Himself

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He's a hero. And that's what I loved about Maradona, is he never changed who he was, you know? He always... He's so, so, so special, Maradona.

Maradona vs Pele: Connection to Roots

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He's so special. Yeah, I always said, because there's always a comparison between Maradona and Pele. Pele.
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The following is a clip from this week's Italian football podcast.
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There isn't a comparison.

Maradona's Bond with the Poor

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No, because Pele, when he became rich and famous, he almost forgot where he came from, because Pele came from a very poor place like Maradona as well. But Pele, he stayed with the rich people, whereas Maradona, he always was with the poor, even when he was... And that's why I loved him, you know, because

The Humility of Maradona

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of that. I have a honour to interview a lot of football players who
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play with Maradona and everybody tell me the same, that Maradona is so special, so humile, humile, humile, help me. Humility, humility, yeah. Exactly. And it was so, so, so special, a very special person.
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Yeah, he was.

Legacy Through Diego Maradona Jr.

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And you said before that you're friends with Maradona's son, Diego Maradona Jr. So what's it like working with him? What is he like? It's so special. It seems like the father. It's impressive, believe me, because the movement of the body, how he talks,
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It seems like so, so, so like Maradona. How to move the hand. How to work. It's so, so similar.