Grew up in poverty and died while surrounded by wealth and excess, the image of Maradona embodies a “rise and fall” trajectory ever-so stereotypical for footballers in the 80s and 90s. Addicted to alcohol and cocaine, Maradona personifies cocaine itself. Defined by excess, overindulgence and decadence, something triggered him to always want more of everything and never having enough. At the same time, Maradona had an unparalleled love for football. No one touched the ball with the same tenderness and intimacy as he did. This 368-page book attempts to portray Diego Maradona (1960-2020 in all his contradictions and complexity. Over the course of four years, more than 1.000 photographs were sourced and scanned from magazines, postcards, fanzines, gossip magazines and other printed materials.