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BBC make very good documentaries. Previously I mentioned about the one that talks about faith, comparing science to different religions. Tonight, BBC is showing "When Lineker met Maradona".

A brief introduction to these two people if you are not a football fan.

Lineker is one of the best strikers England has produced in the past 20 years. He started at Leicester City, then Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspurs and finished his career in Japan with Nagoya Grampus Eight. He retired from international football with 80 caps and 48 goals, one fewer than Bobby Charlton's England record (although Charlton took 26 more caps to score his one extra goal). He also earned the nickname "Mr. Nice Guy" with his record of not having got cautioned (not a single yellow card, let alone red card) for a single time throughout his long player career.
Maradona is regarded by many people as the best footballer in the world ever. The most famous achievement is probably how he won the World Cup in 1986 for Argentina single-handedly, which in the quarter final against England (which Lineker played in), he scored his famous goal using the "Hand of God".

20 years after that quarter final, the two men meet again. After their playing era, one man has become a successful TV pundit and sports broadcaster, and the other has been struggling with his cocaine problems and also had two heart-attacks that nearly killed him. In the run-up to tonight's program, this is a little warm up - here.


All information comes from wikipedia, see Lineker and Maradona.