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Brasilia, Brazil • Belgium coach Marc Wilmots is old enough to remember Diego Maradona dumbfounding four defenders and a goalie to stop the nation’s incredible run at the 1986 World Cup in the semifinals. What Maradona was to Argentina then, Lionel Messi is now. Wilmots called Maradona "the player that struck us down and gave us bad memories. Fortunately, that is well in the past now." Tweet <!-- --> Read more [...]

Santiago Halty was a little boy when his home country Argentina lost the World Cup final to Germany in 1990. He knew back then that one day he would have to experience the tournament atmosphere himself.Two decades later, he made it to Brazil as the founder of a company that sells fair-trade footballs and apparel. For the BBC's Real Fans series, he talked to the BBC's Franz Strasser about roaming the streets of his country's arch-rival in his blue and white jersey. Read more [...]