Argentina Without Maradona

OTD E0263 — 21 Jul 1991: Argentina beat Colombia 2–1 in Santiago to win the Copa América, their first continental title since 1959 — and they do it without Diego Maradona. This episode traces Argentina’s long Copa drought, the end of the Bilardo era, Maradona’s 1991 suspension, Alfio Basile’s rebuild, Oscar Ruggeri, Sergio Goycochea, Claudio Caniggia, Diego Simeone, Leonardo Rodríguez and Gabriel Batistuta, the group-stage sweep, the wild 3–2 win over Brazil, the rainy draw with Chile, the decisive final-round win over Colombia, and how 1991 leads to 1993, then to another long wait until Messi’s Argentina in 2021.Ideas: [email protected]