Daft Diego becomes Maradona the messiah

WITH a tattoo of revolutionary Che Guevara on his arm, one of Fidel Castro on his calf and a long history of controversy as a player, it didn’t take much to predict what type of manager Diego Maradona was going to be.

However, as Argentina edge ever closer to World Cup victory, critics are having to look past the madness to once again see the genius behind the man.

For those in Argentina, of course, Maradona has never been anything less than a genius; a mercurial player – perhaps the best the world has ever seen – and a national legend whose contribution to his country goes way beyond the explainable.