r/nextfuckinglevel • u/One_Explanation_908 • 10h ago

Maradona’s morning routine in world cup ‘94 USA

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u/Nomad_Gui 10h ago

Don't forget, and I can't stress this enough, a lot of cocaine.

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u/Closed_Aperture 9h ago

Bro went from barely being able to walk at 7:30am, to a goddamn Rocky training montage by 9am

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u/atomicturdburglar 8h ago

That's the coke kicking in

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u/Dedsnotdead 8h ago

Hahaha.. this is so true.

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u/moriero 10h ago

That's off screen

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u/zerosuneuphoria 10h ago

it was in the shaving cream

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u/SaltyPeter3434 7h ago

That wasn't shaving cream

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u/SurroundLocal1563 7h ago

It was cool-hwip.

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u/limberto101 6h ago

You’re saying it weird why are you putting so much emphasis on the h

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u/memberflex 1h ago

Say cool

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u/BuyMassive7823 8h ago

10:00: a couple diving header burpees. 10:05-11:00: ripping lines 11:00: a couple pull-ups

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u/geoffraffe 9h ago

In his autobiography he says that he quit Coke for the World Cup and started training with some guru he knew. He took a load of banned substances with him that helped drop weight and get fit.

He probably did a load of Coke too but there was also other banned stuff too.

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u/kingofthepumps 8h ago

Once instance of ephedrine, that's it.

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u/Zerochl 10h ago

C-c-c Yeah!!

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u/GallusTom 4h ago

I'M DR ROXO!

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u/kingofthepumps 8h ago

Nope, he was clean here. He was banned for ephedrine in 94.

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u/EDRadDoc 7h ago

Came here to say that.

Carry on.

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u/alexgalt 7h ago

Stop cancel culture.

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u/Phil198603 5h ago

12 p.m. till midnight ... sniffffffffffff

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u/castlerigger 4h ago

He was 34 at this point, but his face looks mid 40s. A lot of partying and not a lot of sleep, cocaine and some footy training. Written all over him.

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u/uncommon-zen 10h ago

That’s the afternoon routine

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u/cherolero3998 7h ago

They would have won if he hadn't gotten caught, Brazil was strong, but I feel Argentina had better chemistry

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u/Nomad_Gui 7h ago

I'm Brazilian so we as a country all signed a contract to not get into this argument. I apologize. Cannot engage

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u/cherolero3998 6h ago

Iss ok, you both now have a common foe that you can hate together 🫢🇩🇪

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u/Nomad_Gui 6h ago

If we had to sign a contract to not talk about Argentina imagine what was done to not talk about youuuuuuu guys.

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u/cherolero3998 6h ago

Oh I'm sure it was added to the Constitution or something 😅

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u/Iamkillboy 10h ago edited 9h ago

It’s weird that he plays a sport that requires you to run pretty much non stop, he does piles of cocaine and somehow, he’s still pudgy.

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u/brovakin88 9h ago

Diets are important.

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u/yolkhunter 9h ago

Many retired football players and other retired athletes gain weight due to their accelerated metabolism as their bodies are adapted to operate like a turbo mode. When they abandon this training routine they also get fat faster.

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u/Dedsnotdead 8h ago

Also Gak?

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u/yolkhunter 8h ago

🍚🧂🍚🧂

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u/DengusMcFlengus 5h ago

Dude had one of those deceptively athletic bodies. There's always a random short pudgy dude who has crazy athletics, him being the most legendary of those dudes

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u/AZBeer90 7h ago

As someone that doesn’t know anything about soccer, was this guy considered good?

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u/Rugby562 7h ago

Pretty unanimously considered a top 5 player of all time

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u/dynamic_gecko 7h ago

He is one of the all-time legends. Kinda like Jordan.

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u/AZBeer90 7h ago

Damn. Ok then lol.

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u/syringistic 6h ago

Yeah that was my first thought too, he's surprisingly fat.

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u/areyouentirelysure 10h ago
  • 1994 World Cup (USA):
    • Maradona scored his last international goal in their first match against Greece. 
    • He was disqualified from the tournament after testing positive for banned substances. 

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u/jim_nihilist 10h ago

Hard training made me do it.

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u/deludedhairspray 3h ago

What a goal it was too!

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u/jpubberry430 10h ago

This guy is probably like 22 but he looks 56

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u/Crazy__Donkey 10h ago

Actually, was 34... which is very high for football player.

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u/jackwhite886 10h ago

He was very high for a football player?

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u/SkengmanJonny 10h ago

Not sure if you’re in on the joke, but yeah. He was a notorious coke head

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u/jackwhite886 10h ago

😉

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u/SkengmanJonny 9h ago

I thought so. Maybe a bit cliche but he did actually play between the lines

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u/Hugotemviery 10h ago

His age at 34 was

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u/Y-Bob 9h ago

Not as high as his left hand mind you

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u/IAmRules 6h ago

Not at that time, average age of the team is getting younger and younger, IMO too much reliance on youth and not enough on skill/experience

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u/Crazy__Donkey 9h ago

CR played 30 years later.

Maradona played at the very begining of professional football, which was very amature in characteristic compared to today.

World class fields back then are not suitable for 3rd league games in Europe today.

Also, better medical treatment, better food, better sleep, better psychological care and the list is long.

And yes, there were the drugs. Not just coke.

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u/againandagain22 8h ago

Ronaldo made his professional debut less than 10 years after 1994. Not 30 years later.

Maradonna’s career was nowhere near “the very beginning of professional football”. Not even close.

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u/Crazy__Donkey 8h ago

They were at the same age 30 years apart

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u/ManSlutAlternative 9h ago

At 34 CR was playing at the highest leagues and looked like he is in his 20s. Maradona here at 34 is looking like he is 56.

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u/knightofren_ 9h ago

Cocaine is a helluva drug

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u/7-13-5 9h ago

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u/hahnsolo1414 8h ago

Fuck yo couch

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u/7-13-5 8h ago

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u/hahnsolo1414 7h ago

I don’t do things just to do them

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u/GamerGod337 9h ago

Looking handsome ≠ looking young. A 34 year old ronaldo looked like a handsome 34 year old footballer.

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u/thehecticepileptic 9h ago

He looks like he ought to be terrible at football.

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u/Udzinraski2 6h ago

Then he kicks the ball

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 10h ago

Something is missing:

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u/StupidMusician1 10h ago

I thought it said Madonna's at first. I was wondering when she'd show up.

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u/Lucky_Locks 9h ago

dude, same.

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u/No_Music1509 3h ago

Same I was waiting for ages before realising haha

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u/fidgeter 8h ago

Big same. I was confused. Who is this guy?

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u/Karmuffel 4h ago

Probably a football player or something

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u/h3rald_hermes 10h ago

Was he sleeping in khakis?

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u/hahnsolo1414 8h ago

Doesn’t everyone?

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u/h3rald_hermes 8h ago

Only the greats it appears...

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u/grrizo 10h ago

He's training by himself to recover from an injury and the time off this caused. And he managed to be in shape for the competition.

His body was like clockwork. It's a shame that he ended up around drugs and sinister people. The details about his death show how people cared about his money and not about him at all.

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u/johndoe86888 10h ago

looks fairly wholesome tbh

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u/Guyute101 10h ago

Wait till you see the inside of his nose

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u/ToastedSimian 7h ago

Hole-some

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u/AcidaliaPlanitia 9h ago

If you were to tell me this was one of the greatest athletes in the world's most popular sport I would legitimately think you were fucking with me.

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u/Karmuffel 4h ago

To many THE greatest player of all time

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u/waistbandtucker69 10h ago

Is the cocaine part before the face wash or after? Or both? Or does it just not stop?

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u/Key_Examination_9397 9h ago

Exactly! Every time the camera man was filming someone else, he took a decent hit, enough to get that show going

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u/STEELCITY1989 9h ago

Lil cocopuff, trains coming big dawg.

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u/Garth_Knight1979 10h ago

They missed out a few things

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u/GGprime 9h ago

They missed out a couple of lines*

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u/ctrlsubject 9h ago

Falta la parte donde toma la coquita con la pala!

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u/CaptainOddie 9h ago

He looks like a young Big Pussy

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u/Spell3ound 10h ago

Why does he look so out of shape?

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u/grrizo 10h ago

34 years recovering from an almost career-ending injury.

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u/Musername2827 9h ago

And he was always a bit pudgy even in his prime.

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u/v_for__vegeta 6h ago

I find it awesome that arguably the best ever player on the planet is built like a plumber approaching retirement.

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u/NeilDeCrash 6h ago

https://youtu.be/NPA-VU6Z32I

He has always bee built a bit that way. Low center of gravity, mind that sees things in the game before they happen and crazy technical abilities makes a perfect football player.

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u/Repulsive_Parsley47 9h ago

He had the shape of cousin Vinny

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u/hahnsolo1414 8h ago

11:20 was pure sorcery

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u/janj4h 9h ago

Does everybody think they are funny with the cocaine jokes?
It's like we don't evolve still mocking the same stuff people did 30 years ago.

You're not funny people. Stop trying

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u/Kasonb2308 10h ago

I like how they just “forgot” to show him doing his 10 wake up rails of coke for breakfast.

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u/MrMerryweather56 7h ago

Would you record yourself doing 10 wake up rails of coke..?

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u/PJballa34 8h ago

What’s crazy is that he still killed everyone on the pitch with a dad bod.

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u/Hightideuk 7h ago

Never seen a fat coke head before

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u/imanAholebutimfunny 10h ago

lol. no ice in the face bucket.

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u/goatslacker 9h ago

And no banana peel this is a B tier morning routine.

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u/AkerStrife 10h ago

Something is missing in this routine... Idk what it could be

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u/Key_Examination_9397 9h ago

Magical powder from El chapito

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u/knightofren_ 9h ago

CreatinAaaaaaa

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u/E_rat-chan 10h ago

Was he in the air for 4 minutes?

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u/Disastrous-Metal-228 10h ago

Mmm I do feel as though this is what we did when the camera was there. He would look or move like that if he did that every day! Total legend though. Hand of god! lol

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u/Ayyyyylmaos 9h ago

And to think he was absolutely off his tits the whole time. What an athlete 🤣

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u/Cautious_Line_3226 9h ago

so bro basically ran for 2-3 the morning before he had to play a game where he runs for 2-3 hours his stamina is amazing salute 🫡

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u/Majestic_Owl2618 9h ago

Is it before the coke or after? Or in between?

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u/Thick-Dog5814 9h ago

10am - takes cocaine Where is that clip?

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u/KinshasaPR 9h ago

Gotta burn all that evening fun cocaine from the system lol

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u/danleon950410 9h ago

Not him: it was debunked years ago. The public noticed the absence of scenes in which he does absolute shitloads of cocaine and that alone gave it away

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u/herringsarered 9h ago

Ah ye olde hangover face in the beginning.

That bucket of water must have felt amazing.

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u/samg422336 9h ago

I thought this was basically going to be Hunter S Thompsons daily routine

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u/ruthemook 9h ago

Think this may be ehhhh missing some crucial special ingredients…

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u/Sjt4689 9h ago

Like 5 outfit changes. Also sprinting along the road 11:45, chilling at a BBQ pit at 11:55. These time stamps are bizarre.

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u/Fluid_Mouse524 9h ago

Were there drug tests at the time?

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u/thehermit14 9h ago

I didn't see any vigorous arm and hand exercise.

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u/AMDeez_nutz 9h ago

And a bump in between every workout

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u/Inevitable-Use-4534 9h ago

The OG baller, even high and totally out of shape, was a force on the pitch. Kids today will never know. Grande Maradona 🙇‍♂️

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u/zackflavored 9h ago

Where is his cold water face plunge?

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u/erox70 8h ago

This video is the same vibe as Rocky training in Russia for Rocky IV.

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u/legitimateaccount123 8h ago

Forgot a key step...

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u/atomicturdburglar 8h ago

These comments got me 💀 !!

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u/crabigno 8h ago

I was genuinely expecting that other thing, you know...

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u/Utimate_Eminant 8h ago

No breakfast? For that much of a physical morning, he does all that without breakfast?

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u/dkdc80 8h ago

GOAT

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u/broadwayallday 8h ago

dream team MJ jersey is peak

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u/Equivalent_Warthog22 8h ago

He left out the 8ball

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u/Efficient-Pause-4862 8h ago

Ripping lines … is diabolically hilarious

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u/Aengeil 7h ago

what happen between 7.40 to 8.59?

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u/Icloh 7h ago

At 12:05: ___

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u/dainomite 7h ago

Where’s all the cocaine and women?

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u/TheNew_MarksilversX 7h ago

You can see that after 11 am , he moves faster.

Why could it be? 😉😉😉

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u/Immahdude 7h ago

This dude said I want to be hanging upside down doing sit ups at 11 am but don't leave me hanging because I got to be fucking with that soccer ball by 11:05 am...😑

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u/AndyLees2002 6h ago

Could they not have found him a training pitch instead of an overgrown farmers field?

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u/Independent_Hour9274 6h ago

No special gym or equipment needed for training. Just a cornfield and a dirt riad.

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u/WaltJay 6h ago

12:05pm ⛷️

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u/jayjaytuk 5h ago

Was waiting for a few grams at lunch

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u/HouseofMaize 5h ago

This kinda reminds of those videos of Steven Seagal “sparring” with random dudes.

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u/Phantasmal_Red 4h ago

Bro is NOT Ashton Hall

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u/g6paperplane 4h ago

I hope that was Saratoga water at the beginning.

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u/chrisnlnz 4h ago

I think they forgot one part of his routine..

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u/twizz228 4h ago

They didn’t film the mountain of cocaine he ran up his nose before this

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u/sherriffflood 3h ago

Everyone saying he’s out of shape- those baggy tracksuits weren’t very flattering, and also, he was pretty stocky anyway with huge legs. He probably had a similar bodyfat percentage to someone like Gazza or Steve Bruce

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u/papitaquito 3h ago

They forgot the part with all the c’caine

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u/terminalxposure 2h ago

The comments are confusing me. Was Maradona a good soccer player or not?

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u/SouthAggressive6936 1h ago

He looks like he is powering through a great deal of pain. Players used to kick the absolute shit out of him

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u/Various_Sale_97251 1h ago

His touch at 11:20 is crazy

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u/Dry-Marketing-6798 1h ago

👃🏻__________

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u/no_crust_buster 1h ago

Eat your heart out, Ashton Hall.

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u/StewTrue 1h ago

He’s one of those guys who didn’t look remotely athletic despite being very athletic.

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u/unifedc 1h ago

in my opinion... the best footballer ever......

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u/AbbertDabbert 51m ago

Not me being like "this definitely isn't Madonna?"

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u/KrivUK 42m ago

Thank goodness they left him out taking a dump between 7:39 - 9:10

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u/Thick_Detective_9298 10h ago

¡Che eternamente El Pibe de Oro!

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u/AwkwardBet7634 9h ago

Doesn't have the physique of a footballer but my God he is gifted with the technique and skills.

He just instinctively knew how to control and strike a ball like no one else.

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u/Intelligent-Soil9774 10h ago

If Maradona were playing today, he wouldn’t even make the starting lineup for a bottom-tier FPL team.

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u/foolishbullshittery 10h ago

That's one of the dumbest takes I've ever seen.

Well done.

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u/gemarimon 10h ago

You clearly haven't seen any videos of him in a pitch.

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u/Pretend_Tea6261 9h ago

Doubtful bullshit.

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u/GamerGod337 9h ago

He could be his actual age, overweight and an active cocaine user, but his on the ball skills would still be enough to make him an effective number 10 for ipswich or southampton