Still, it remained almost a year to Diego Maradona. Now, he is a new trainer of the Dubai success Club Al Wasl. Except for a few quirky headlines, which will bring nothing but the Club.

When I was little, Diego Maradona was regarded as a God as the God of football. The divine worship, even in Germany, was omnipresent and ranged in my childlike consciousness. She ranged even to the extent that I was wrong again following joke again: small Xassan sits with his Grandma in the Church. «All hibbelig he says to his grandmother:» Grandma, I need so badly to toilet. » My little one, then go but secretly and stand behind the Holy Maradona.» At this point, I always had to interrupt the joke because the adults already had to laugh. Thus, the joke was not even end. I did not understand the punch line at the time, Maradona was, after all, but a Saint.

In some corners of the world, people tell this joke probably today. In the United Arab Emirates, some people go so far as to call Maradona as the eighth wonder of the world. This quote comes from the mouths of Marwan bin Bayat, Vice President Al Wasl, one of the most famous football clubs in Asia.

And exactly at this Club, the eccentric football God signed a coach contract. Diego was actually on the way to the Switzerland. He wanted to listen to there a coach quote. But his connecting flight from Chechnya was late, wait, he didn't. A Superman like Maradona does not appear, the Swiss should have known that fact. But perhaps Maradona also didn't know that waiting in the Switzerland belongs to, that there just everything slower by outfit goes.

Thus, he took a machine to Dubai, where another offer waiting for him. The engine was finally on time according to the motto: first come, first malt. It can be discussed here, whether it was fate or an epiphany of God. Who shoots goals by God's hand or can box, can take for themselves claim to be guided by God. To trust is the strange little man at least to assert this.

From the athletes to the Witzfigur

But if Maradona von Gott was launched when he boarded the plane to Dubai, the Club Al Wasl is infested with the devil then? Or what could be the reason for an obligation of the former heroes? Eventually much has happened since the last won World Championship in Argentina in 1986. The hand of God fought at the time the ball into the goal, Maradona's nimble feet dribbelten the British football players on the sidelines almost floating, he bounced on hard at the end to the ground of reality.

Twice, he almost died from the effects of drugs, made only headlines with scandals, but no longer by successes. A thick Witzfigur, from the legend athletes dribbelndem from the was a junkie. But he stood up again and again, always looked the way back on his throne. Because gods are immortal, the former star had thought likely, when he became coach of the Argentine national team. He saw himself as the one, the true coach of team Argentina.

Messi is just Messi

Without tactics, without a plan, but with love, fun and enthusiasm he wanted to win. He thought well: so my mom has also made this with me before each game there was a hug, a kiss and appeal. In this way he became 1986 World champions, play he could also single-handedly.

However, he relied not only on air and love: he had just an ACE 2010 in South Africa in the sleeve: Lionel Messi. The talented young star could easily be confused with Jesus with the son of the Almighty: Messi, the image of Maradona's. Argentina became the high favorite in the race, she crept after the defeat against Germany humiliated from the field. People are just no gods, Messi is just Messi.


And maybe it was the hand of God, prevented that Messi had shots at the World Championships in South Africa in the gate in the last year. Shot 30 times, 30 times nothing happened. Wanted the sky to prove who's the real boss? The Mission of God is successfully completed in Argentina, Maradona is only a man. He lost not only the position of coach of the national team, he must train today no single team in Argentina more, ban for life.

But still the question what exactly is Al Wasl of the eighth wonder of the world remains unanswered. Just imagine, how Maradona heart the Arab players before each game and kisses, as he painted a cross in the air continuously, rage snaps out, is weeping on the floor, to end up talking yet again only by losses or renewed drug use by itself to make.

The Club in the past won seven titles, most recently 2007. Last season, it was just once fifth - of twelve crews, in the current season the Club stuck four matchdays before the end with 20 points behind League leaders Al-Jazira on square four. And now the eighth title with Maradona's divine help?

Being aware, its unpredictability so the minds of the Association. Secretly they hope probably accept flee quickly by itself. They have used it for a little attention. That got it, after just one day, all major newspapers and news agencies of the world reported on Maradona and Al Wasl. It is not more than a divine joke.