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Maradona the manager: keep on sucking (part 2)


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Welcome back to part two of Diego in the dugout.


At the end of part one, Maradona had left football behind to wallow in a life of booze, burgers and booty.


But in 2008, he returns to Argentine football for the biggest job of all. And that’s where the chaos really starts…


With guest JP Lockwood.


Links from the pod:


Belly sliding down the touchline against Peru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4sdPODn4S0 


Running over a reporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_QQBoSphc&t=6s 


Diego off his face at the 2018 World Cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY7S4ex-7BM 


Post match interview for Dorados: https://x.com/ESPNUK/status/1066991711929466880 


Doing coke on the touchline: https://www.reddit.com/r/DanLeBatardShow/comments/f63x9t/diego_maradona_getting_a_bag_of_coke_on_the/ 

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