François Omam Biyik (Footballer): "Technically Maradona knew how to do everything with the ball"

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Football legend Diego Armando Maradona in action during a charity football match at the Olympic stadium in Rome on Monday May 12, 2008. AP - GREGORIO BORGIA

By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow

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He had scored the most beautiful goal in football history.

Diego Maradona died this Wednesday, November 25 of a heart attack at the age of 60.

Why was the captain of the Argentina team better than the others?

What was the Maradona difference?

François Omam Biyik faced him in a memorable match: Argentina-Cameroon, at the opening of the 1990 World Cup. To everyone's surprise, Cameroon won, one goal to zero.

But today, at the microphone of Christophe Boisbouvier, the Cameroonian pays tribute to the Argentinian.

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