Brasilian Superstar Diego Maradona?
Published May 17th, 2006 in , , .Kaká, Ronaldo and Diego Maradona: All are wearing green-and-yellow jerseys adorned with the five stars. The anthem starts: Ouviram do ipiranga as margens plaaaaaaaacidas. De um povo heroico, brado retumbante!
Brasilian football superstars? Kaká… check. Ronaldo… check! Maradona… check… hang on… WTF!?! The Argentine World Cup winner in a Brasilian shirt? Hell would freeze over first right. Apparently not. According to Sports Illustrated’s Richard Setyon, all it took to get Maradona into a Brasilian shirt was US$350,000. Alas, it was all part of the new advertising campaign for Guaraná, a Brasilian drink that also sponsors the national football team! Ay caramba!
The ad starts with the team singing the Brasilian national anthem. Everyone sings it perfectly, even Maradoninha. A bit of accent, but no problems. But then… the king of Argentina, Dieguito, suddenly wakes up. “Ay caramba! It was a nightmare!” cries Maradona, still under his blanket. But wait! He has sweated through his Argentina jersey! He glances at his night stand, where several empty cans of Guaraná… the most Brazilian of soft drinks… sit atop it. “What a horrible nightmare,” he says to himself. “I must stop drinking so much Guaraná. I’m becoming a bit Brazilian.” Funny stuff, unless of course you are from Argentina!
Click here to read Richard Setyon’s SI.com article.
3 Responses to “Brasilian Superstar Diego Maradona?”
- 1 Pingback on Feb 14th, 2009 at 20:11
i think Maradona is the king of soccer not Pele. Pele was really good but i think Maradona could take him out. Even though he got on drugs, he’s still the best soccer player in the world.
yuck he looks bad in that jersey
lol. I think blue and white go alot better..