By Doug McIntyre
FOX Sports Soccer Writer
Editor’s be aware: Each day between now and the kickoff of the primary match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, we’ll unveil a distinct reminiscence from World Cup historical past. The countdown from 101 continues with Maradona’s unceremonious World Cup farewell.
The 1994 World Cup within the United States was supposed to supply the stage for one of many biggest gamers of all time, Argentina’s Diego Maradona, to have a becoming swansong.
It was to be the fourth and closing journey to the planet’s biggest sporting occasion for Maradona, then 33. After nearly single-handedly — actually — main the Albiceleste to the 1986 title in Mexico after which to a runner-up end 4 years later in Italy, he and all of Argentina had desires of going out on high.Â
Instead, these desires was a nightmare. It began out effectively sufficient. Maradona scored a lovely capper in a 4-0 rout of Greece within the group stage opener. But after a 2-1 win over Nigeria of their second recreation, FIFA introduced that Maradona had been kicked out of the event after testing optimistic for efficiency enhancing medication. He by no means performed for his nation once more — a shameful finish to one of many biggest worldwide careers of all time.
Maradona despatched packing
It was imagined to be Diego Maradona’s redemption tour, however he was booted from the world cup for PEDs.
One of the main soccer journalists in North America, Doug McIntyre has lined United States males’s and girls’s nationwide groups at a number of FIFA World Cups. Before becoming a member of FOX Sports in 2021, he was a workers author with ESPN and Yahoo Sports. Follow him on Twitter @ByDougMcIntyre.
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