Late Tackle

SEEING DIEGO

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
2 June 2025

MARTIN MAZUR ON WHEN DIEGO MARADONA WAS BANNED FOR DRUG USE AND THEN MADE HIS COMEBACK AT BOCA JUNIORS

Return: In action against River Plate in 1995

THAT nurse, I will never forget her. Sue Ellen Carpenter. That was the woman who grabbed Diego Maradona’s hand after Argentina v Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup and escorted him to the anti-doping control. That was the woman who broke my heart. Or at least my football heart.
It was probably the only time in history that a player was man-marked from the pitch to the anti-doping room. Argentina had managed to resurrect from an awfu...

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