OTD E0119 — 27 Feb 1977: Maradona’s First Cap — The Debut That Began a Legend

27 Feb 1977: Argentina beat Hungary 5–1 at La Bombonera — and with the match already decided, César Luis Menotti sent on a 16-year-old wearing number 19: Diego Armando Maradona.This episode tells the story of young Diego’s rise, the feverish build-up to Argentina ’78 under dictatorship, the debut itself, Menotti’s controversial decision to leave Maradona out of the 1978 World Cup squad… and the international career that followed: the peak in 1986, the pain in 1990, the last trophy in 1993, and the final fall in 1994.Email: [email protected]