We were national team players but we would go out to see him perform. We were saying to each other: ‘How can he even do this?’Ossie Ardiles was lifelong friends with Diego Maradona, who died this week at the age of 60Ardiles first saw Maradona play when he was around 14, and they quickly became friendsThat was how I met my lifelong friend, Diego Maradona. Ardiles played with Maradona in his Tottenham testimonial match at White Hart Lane in 1986The 1978 World Cup was approaching and it would be hosted in Argentina. But he would move to Napoli a year before the 1986 World Cup finals. During his time at Napoli, came the 1986 World Cup, the tournament for which we will always remember him.

Source: Daily Mail November 28, 2020 22:30 UTC