Meet the player Maradona deemed his best
The British newspaper "Metro" revealed a previous interview with the late Argentine legend, Diego Maradona, dating back to the golden era with Italian club Napoli, in which he described the Salvadoran player as better than him, in terms of skill and goal scoring.
And "Metro" said: "Maradona, in previous statements to the TV channel" E in Vivo "during his peak in the stadiums with the Italian club Napoli in the eighties of the last century, does not see himself as the best in the history of football, and that there is a player much better than him, he El Salvadoran Jorge Gonzalez, according to his description, as he said, "Gonzalez is a real phenomenon, a distinguished player, better than me, and he is like a magician who performs remarkably on the field."
It is noteworthy that Gonzalez's career was devoid of remarkable achievements, after he started his beginnings in the seventies of the last century with clubs immersed in his country, before moving to the Spanish stadiums between 1982 and 1991, during which he worked with Cadiz and Real Sociedad, and lived the Argentine legend Maradona for two seasons only When Diego played with Barcelona, before moving to Napoli between 1984 and 1991, Gonzalez was satisfied with playing 62 matches with the El Salvador national team, during which he scored 21 goals, and only played one match in the World Cup that was in the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain.
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