Diego Armando Maradona, born in the slums of Buenos Aires, rose to the top of European and world football, but life circumstances almost broke him. Hero or not, one thing is certain: he was the greatest player of his generation, and perhaps of all time. With shocking frankness and a brilliant knowledge of football, Maradona in this book recalls the turning points of his legendary career: from a poor childhood to moments of greatest glory - the difficult path of a boy prodigy, the famous match with England at the 1986 World Cup, incredible achievements and collapse at Napoli ", the shame and disappointment of USA-94. The autobiography of Diego Maradona is confession, revelation, repentance and triumph. "I am El Diego" is the story of a football genius and a madman rolled into one, who felt like a fish in water only with the ball in legs This is a story of boundless love for football and hatred of those who see this game, loved by millions of people, as just a means to earn millions of dollars. And at the same time, this is a book not only about football, but also about what the famous Argentine experienced over the years of his life, about what left the deepest mark on his heart. While taking a course on drug addiction on Liberty Island, Maradona worked working on this book for 94 days, he made 38 hours of voice recordings, which were subsequently transcribed by Argentine journalists Daniel Arcucci and Ernesto Cherkis Bialo. On the pages of the book, the best, according to many experts and fans, player in the entire history of world football shares revelations with the reader, remembering the brightest and most interesting moments of your life. Here you can find everything that previously remained “behind the scenes” - from harsh criticism of the former coach of the Argentina national team Daniel Passarella to impartial statements about Pelé, Joao Havelange and even the Pope. Maradona had never before talked about the secrets of his football career in the first person, and now he decided to “tell everything.” The first edition of the book “I Am Diego” was released in Argentina with a circulation of 150,000 copies in Spanish, and then went on sale in 28 countries of the world. Now the time has come for the Russian reader to learn the most interesting facts from the biography of Maradona, whose extraordinary personality will attract attention for many, many years to come.

Literary entry: Daniel Arcucci, Ernesto Cherkis Bialo 2000