Diego Maradona for the winning goal in the final, ensuring that he would be remembered as one of the greatest names in football history. By the end of the World Cup, Maradona went on to win the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament by unanimous vote and was widely regarded to have won the World Cup virtually single-handedly, something that he later stated he did not entirely agree with. Zinedine Zidane, watching the 1986 World Cup as a 14 year old, stated Maradona “was on another level”. In a tribute to him, Azteca Stadium authorities built a statue of
Estancia Maradona Estancia Maradona The Estancia Maradona is a protected area in San Juan Province, Argentina, about southwest of San Juan, Argentina. It covers just over , and lies at the foot of the foothills near the Sierra Chica de Zonda. In March 1831 an armed party of forty men under Nasario Benavides were making the Estancia de Don Manuel Maradona their base while preparing to return to San Juan during the Argentine Civil Wars. Today, Estancia Maradona is an area where guanacos are conserved. Due to its proximity to the city, poaching is a problem. The land is rugged. Although the