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Weirdly I think Maradona's chaotic life off the pitch (and I suppose no shortage of controversy on it) sort of adds to his appeal :)

People do like to watch flawed people win, it gives them hope about their own lives.

People like to watch people win that give them the illusion that it could be them.

Hence Einstein was a dummy with poor grades at math (he was not) or failed his exams (he did not).

Messi is actually a jerk. He purposely wanted to sink Lewandowski Ballon D'or nomination (which was well deserved) by voting for a nobody.

Source?

How he avoided jail time for the massive taxeviction fraud certainly makes him more likeable. Certain gods must be above the law.

I loved to see Maradona play. Messi is just a good player who finally got his WC win.

Maybe the bar for "good person" is set too low, if convicted tax frauds are considered good people.

Makes me like him even more.