Editorial

Icons

The ones who understood the assignment: beauty first, victory second, joy above all. Portraits from the terraces, one legend at a time.

1960–2020

Diego Maradona

El Pibe de Oro — the golden boy from Villa Fiorito

1940–2022

O Rei — the king who named the beautiful game

1947–2016

The man who turned football into an idea

1946–2005

The fifth Beatle — football's first pop star

1954–2011

O Doutor — the doctor who prescribed democracy

1978

The last number ten — La Bombonera's slow king

1980

Joy, weaponised

1972

La Castellane's quiet emperor

1966

King Eric — collar up, chest out

1969

Tino — all rubber limbs and lightning