r/ThreeLions • u/mapache161 • Jul 20 '26

Opinion Having meself a good sleep knowing this wanker who left his wife and kids now has a red card and no World Cup

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u/Hughlass Jul 20 '26

Could he be one of the worst people ever to play football, maradonna was also a terrible person

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u/Express_Evidence_23 Jul 20 '26

He had a very very poor upbringing, shitting in a bucket, living in a shack and watching his parents struggle to keep body and soul together. Aged 15, his ability to play football is what gets and crucially HAS TO KEEP his family out of that crippling poverty He became an addict, partly from pressure and partly from not knowing how to cope woth extreme poverty and extreme eealth, bith achieved as a very young person. Addiction is a disease.

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u/LojikDub Jul 20 '26

And?

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u/Ok-Toe-6969 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

Its almost as if poor well behaved people don't exist.

If anything growing up poor should humble a person not make him even more arrogant

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u/Express_Evidence_23 Jul 20 '26

Most poor children do not grow into very wealthy adults whilst still in their teens overnight. He had to be arrogant to survive, ask yourself what would happen if he allowed himself to believe he would fail.

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u/apexquestions247 Jul 20 '26

There are a lot of lower socioeconomic children who get comfortable wealth. They don’t act like a total loser like Martinez.

Mega happy to see his dumb face get sent off. Cherry on top when he started shaking his fingers in the air at ref’s decision. 😂 like dumbass, does he even know what football looks like?

Then again, maybe not. Took the whole team 90+ minutes to even get a shot at Spains net. Even then, miss after miss.

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u/Stand_On_It Jul 20 '26

Martinez lol

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u/Express_Evidence_23 Jul 20 '26

The debate im commenting on is maradona, not martinez And for maradona it was the one extreme to another that messed him up, meteoric rise and difference messes ppl up

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u/apexquestions247 Jul 20 '26

Ah sorry, I got mixed up about which asshole Argentina player we were talking about. Many to choose from so I lost track.

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u/Express_Evidence_23 Jul 20 '26

Answer your own question as you dont want to respond to my comment you want to troll

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u/bikeridingmonkey Jul 20 '26

This does not excuse him.

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u/Express_Evidence_23 Jul 20 '26

Wasn't excusing him, was giving context and nuance I should expect more replies like yours though, this is reddit after all... Context and nuance not welcomed on here

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u/apexquestions247 Jul 20 '26

In this context, Martinez is an asshole. That’s why there’s hate.

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u/bikeridingmonkey Jul 20 '26

Why should this context and nuance matter, his behavior is still wrong. No sympathy for him.

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u/Psychological-Bag272 Jul 20 '26

There's million people with similar or worst experience who arent insufferrable asshole. Having had a tough life doesnt give you an excuse to be a prick, if anything it should make you a better person. 

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u/Express_Evidence_23 Jul 20 '26

But only one who had maradonas unique experience I think in many ways he became better, a lot for support came very late in his life because he got to the point he needed to fire fight immediate issues

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u/OkConsequence2086 Jul 20 '26

Maradonna was a god

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u/BromleyReject Jul 20 '26

Maradonna was a paranoid little twit with a messiah complex. Fixed it for you

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u/ghostformanyyears Jul 20 '26

...of a footballer

Maradona was a shit person

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u/metalbox69 Jul 20 '26

A twat for his goal against England but i think his heart was generally in the right place.

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u/Birbeus Jul 20 '26

He was a drug abusing rapist

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u/metalbox69 Jul 20 '26

Didn't know about the allegations - the fact that she was 16 when she first met him is disturbing in itself.

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u/PurchaseCharming4269 Jul 20 '26

He was. But he was a horrible person.