Maradona in the neighboring country of Latvia – ambitious goals or 20 million temptations? – Other league – Football – Sportacentrs.com

The Belarussian League occupies the 27th place in the UEFA Champions League and even – largely thanks to the exploits of BATE, and not to the other big clubs for a stable and successful participation in Eurocas (a small exception there a few years – Minsk Dynamo). For example, last year at Minsk Dynamo, they broke through the barriers of the Faroe Islands and Macedonia, but the Cypriot AEK (0: 2, 1: 1) crashed against the opposition. AEK, but runner-up Shakhtyor failed in the first round against Leuze Sūduvu. 0: 0, 1: 2), shortly after retiring Oleg Kubarev. In turn, the winner of Brest "Dinamo" at home after a fair match (1: 1) capitulated to the fourth Austrian team "Rheindorf" (0: 3). In other words, Belarussian club football is, of course, superior to Latvia, but very far from being considered a major European club in the context of football. So the question – what did Maradona lose there? And this is not only about Belarusian football, but about the country as such. In the depths of the Internet, I was shocked that Maradona mixed the city of Brest with a nice word phonetically similar to English …

Contact with Belarusian journalist Dzmitri Ruto (sportpanorama.by) to find answers to questions that interest him

Brest "Dynamo", which after the first bronze season in 1992, did not enter the top three of the Belarusian Premier League in 1992 and ends generally in the range of 5th to 10th place? Dzmitry says: "Brest Dynamo" is currently experiencing a real renaissance. If the club had a financial problem before, then the Arab Shaykhs came here and Dinamo started a new life. Legionaries began to appear in the team, the team has high goals (even entering the European League group tournament and, of course, medals in the Belarusian championship). And here, to discover the "Dynamo" of Brest around the world, Maradona has been invited. Many here have come to the common denominator that, despite his formal work [kluba prezidents] it is mainly a public relations movement. The contract was signed in Dubai. What attracted Maradona to the Brest club? Perhaps he was really interested in projects and plans (including the construction of a 30,000-seat stadium, the creation of a strong academy), branded by the new and wealthy club owners . At least Maradona himself announced that he had three other offers, including China on financially more advantageous terms, but he chose the direction of Belarus.

Photo: Aleksandr Ružečka

One can of course believe in Maradona's intentions about the construction of the football pyramid in Brest, but the obvious question is: how much will an Argentinian pay? Answer – There is no official information, but it is said that Maradona's account for the entire duration of the contract (three years) is $ 20 million. Interestingly, although all the merits of the Maradona attraction are due to Arab Sheikhs, Valdas Ivanauskas, the current director of "Dinamo" sport, also participated in discussions with Argentina. In an interview he claimed that Maradona's goal is not 20 million because he is also rich.

Photo: Alexander Ružečka.

We remember that Maradona was not just an exceptional footballer. He also directed Lionel Messi and the rest of Argentina in 2010 at the PK final. Last season, he also worked as a coach at the United Arab Emirates club Fujairah. Dzmitrijs points out that there was much speculation about Maradona's role as head coach in Belarus, and the Argentinian himself wanted to train. But at least at the moment, it was decided that his highest degree of commitment, if he wanted to, would be to stay on the reserve bench. It's also unlikely because the head coach has the team. However, Maradona will not be banned from coaching football. But again, the question is how often will this happen, given that the agreement with him … does not stipulate that Maradon should be in Belarus at all. Ruto: "Maradona will appear in Belarus as needed."

When it comes to Belarus, Maradona, of course, will not live in a building built in a building of the Soviet era. Already in our neighboring country, it was said that the Argentine hardly found a private house with some VIP extras

Since the real involvement of Maradona in Dinamo Brest was perhaps to be not high in everyday life, less PR? Dzmitrijs says: "There is hope that thanks to Maradona the club will succeed in attracting young talent – first from South America, but not only."

Photo: Alexander Ružečka. Belarus, and without commenting on the political situation, the economy and the standard of living of people, the deception of the local people, education, intelligence and at the same time shyness and modesty have fallen in the eyes of people. Therefore, I ask how, in general, people in Belarus have responded to the attraction of such an ambiguous person for a huge amount of money. A Belarusian journalist: "The reaction is very different.For a lot of good memories, his different types of stroke, but many others mostly remember him as a football player.How many people have a However, everyone agrees – some more Brest "Dinamo" and all the Belarusian football is … Maradona arrived in Belarus only Monday and quickly abandoned our neighboring country, so that first impressions about the behavior of the Argentine in the neighboring country of Latvia were difficult to obtain: "The plane landed in three days, six he gave an answer at a conference of press, but the next morning he returned to his homeland, Argentina, where, as he himself claimed, he was not a year and a half and dreamed of parents. Health? To be honest, he did not look too handsome. But he moved himself [smaida]. I did not manage to talk to him or take a picture because the guard and the other journalists constantly attacked him – the competition was too strong. "