Edgardo Codesal Mendez has not forgotten anything from July 8, 1990. On that day, the Mexican referee directed the World Cup final between West Germany (the reunification of Germany will take place a few months later) and Argentina. A match, disputed at the Olympic stadium in Rome, that the FRG won 1-0 thanks to a penalty from Andreas Brehme five minutes from the end. With two Argentine expulsions (Monzon and Dezzoti) and many controversies in the process.
Thirty years later, Codesal returned to this legendary encounter during an interview with the Uruguayan radio Tirando Parades. And he took the opportunity to pay himself seriously Diego Maradona, frustrated not to have offered the Albiceleste a second consecutive coronation after that of 1986.
“One of the worst people I have ever met”
“I could have kicked him out before the match started (when Maradona insulted the spectators who booed the Argentine anthem, editor’s note) but I decided to manage the situation differently, he explained in comments reported by La Nacion. On the ground, he has done things that command admiration. He was without a doubt the best. But outside, on the pitch, he was really rude. He is one of the worst people I have ever met in my life! “
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