{"id":7982,"date":"2018-06-29T10:57:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=7982"},"modified":"2019-08-23T18:09:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T00:09:05","slug":"maradona-makes-world-cup-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/maradona-makes-world-cup-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"maradona makes world cup headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>earlier this week at the world cup, argentina passed to the <strong><em>round of 16<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(the spanish expression\u00a0<em>octavos de final<\/em> doesn&#8217;t directly translate to english) thanks to a dramatic victory over nigeria. but not all the action was on the field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/messi-listening-to-maradona.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7999\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/messi-listening-to-maradona-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"messi and maradona\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/messi-listening-to-maradona-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/messi-listening-to-maradona-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/messi-listening-to-maradona-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/messi-listening-to-maradona.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>diego maradona coaching lionel messi<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>argentina football great <b>diego maradona<\/b> made headlines from the <strong><em>stands<\/em> <\/strong>(where the public sits).  <b>the sun<\/b><\/p>\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\">\n<h1 class=\"article__headline\">Diego Maradona warned not to \u2018<i>end up<\/i> like Elvis\u2019 and die young following shock <i>antics<\/i> during Argentina <i>clash<\/i> at World Cup<\/h1>\n<\/section>\n<p>and it had this summary under it<\/p>\n<h4>argentine hero is <i>urged<\/i> by norway legend jan age fjortoft to stay as the king of football &#8211; <i>rather than<\/i> follow the king of rock<\/h4>\n<div><strong> <\/strong>means <em>finally finish<\/em> are <em>scandalous behavior<\/em> here refers to the <em>game<\/em>. the mention of elvis is to bring to mind a premature death caused by drug use. jan age fjortoft doesn&#8217;t want to see this happen to maradona means <em>strongly recommend<\/em> is used to show <em>a preference between two alternatives<\/em>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div>this tweet summarizes in comical fashion some of maradona&#8217;s activities during the match.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maradona fulfilled all the roles of a drunk uncle last night. The dance with a random auntie, the falling asleep randomly even with loud noise around, the swearing at everyone, the emotional tears, having a sober sidekick who kept stressing about him&#8230;&#x1f44c;&#x1f3fe; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WorldCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PNBfp9Jkog\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/PNBfp9Jkog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lesego Semenya (@LesDaChef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LesDaChef\/status\/1011845961063297025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> is how maradona was <em>acting<\/em>. is when people <em>get together<\/em>.means <em>do<\/em>. <strong><em>role<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 is <em>style<\/em> or <em>action<\/em>. <em><strong>auntie<\/strong><\/em> can be the <em>wife of an uncle<\/em>, or just <em>an older lady<\/em>. <em> auntie<\/em> means <em>unknown<\/em>. <strong><em>randomly<\/em><\/strong> <em>falling asleep<\/em> means <em>sporadically<\/em>,\u00a0<em>unplanned<\/em>. <strong><em>sidekick<\/em><\/strong> means a person who <em>accompanied<\/em> maradona and was probably <em>less of a vip<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/harry-potter-with-sidekicks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7997\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/harry-potter-with-sidekicks.jpg\" alt=\"harry potter and his sidekicks hermione granger and ron weasley\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>harry potter and his sidekicks hermione and weasley<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the article, written by <strong>oliver harvey<\/strong>, reported that diego tried to<\/p>\n<h4><em>explain away<\/em> his <em>erratic<\/em> <em>behaviour<\/em> on a white wine <em>binge<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/explain-away-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>explain away<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>minimize<\/em>. <strong><em>erratic<\/em><\/strong> means <em>inconsistent, volatile<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/behavior-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>behaviour<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is spelled with <em>-our<\/em> at the end in british and canadian english. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/binge-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>binge<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means diego <em>drank a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/maradona.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8000\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/maradona-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"maradona enjoying a glass of wine\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/maradona-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/maradona.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>sometimes, a glass of wine can <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/turn-into-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turn into<\/a> a binge<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the most widely publicized maradona moment was when he<\/p>\n<h4><em>topped off<\/em> his <em>shambolic<\/em> evening on tuesday by <em>flipping<\/em> a two-handed <em>bird<\/em> from his executive box.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>top off<\/strong><\/em> means <em>finish<\/em>. <strong><em>shambolic<\/em><\/strong> is a british word that means <em>disorderly<\/em>, <em>messy<\/em>. <em><strong>flipping the bird<\/strong><\/em> is the same as .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/robbie-williams-flipping-the-bird.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7996\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/robbie-williams-flipping-the-bird-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"robbie williams flipping the bird during the opening ceremony of he world cup\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/robbie-williams-flipping-the-bird-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/robbie-williams-flipping-the-bird.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>robbie williams is now the second most famous example of flipping the bird at the 2018 world cup.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>in his defense, maradona&#8217;s former agent j<strong>on smith<\/strong> told bbc radio 5 live<\/p>\n<div class=\"sun-row\">\n<div class=\"col sun-col-6\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic rail--trending undefined theme-world-cup-2018\" data-slide-count=\"4\" data-slide-count-tablet=\"4\">\n<div class=\"swiper-container swiper-container-horizontal lazyloaded\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rail__item swiper-slide\">\n<h4 class=\"rail__item-content\">diego is a really high-energy guy and has always been that way. he <em>quite<\/em> enjoys being a parody of himself at times. i understand why people <em>criticise<\/em> him but in his heart he&#8217;s a warm, caring guy. i just hope he one day doesn&#8217;t do something stupidly excessive and something <em>silly<\/em> happens. he&#8217;s an <em>embodiment<\/em> of living life.<\/h4>\n<p>in this description, <em><strong>quite<\/strong><\/em> means <em>really<\/em>. <strong><em>criticise<\/em><\/strong> with an<em> s<\/em> is another british spelling. in the u.s., a<em> z<\/em> replaces the <em>s<\/em> is <em>stupid<\/em> or <em>foolish<\/em> but smith probably means <em>something more serious <\/em>or<em> dangerous<\/em>. <em><strong>embodiment<\/strong><\/em> means <em>representation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Messi-Maradona.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7998\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Messi-Maradona-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"an uncomfortable hug between maradona and messi\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Messi-Maradona-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Messi-Maradona.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>when your drunk uncle wants u to dance with him<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>what is your opinion on diego maradona? are his <em>antics<\/em> excused by his legendary status or are they a distraction and an embarrassment for argentina&#8217;s current team?\u00a0 both?\u00a0 another perspective? share your opinion under <strong>leave a 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