""Playing against Maradona, f** king hell I did it a few times in Soccer Aid and in Seville, and he was still unbelievable," said Gascoigne, speaking in an exclusive interview for FourFourTwo magazine, to coincide with the launch of his new book Eight. We could have done f**king rehab together! I've had a couple of drinks with him."
""The clash Gascoigne mentions in Seville was a charity game when Gazza's Lazio side headed to Spain in November 1992. Gazza v Maradona/AC Milan v Napoli: 14th Nov 1992 FULL Highlights | Gazzetta Football Italia Rewind - YouTube Watch On Lazio dropped me from playing on the Sunday because they wanted me to play against Maradona on the Tuesday, and I wasn't happy about that, so I f**ked off to Euro Disney, he explains, of his impromptu trip to the Paris theme park. They found out where I was, and I was drunk, but I told them, I'll meet the players in Seville and I'll play against Maradona, OK.'"},{"quote":"I got on the plane and got pissed. In the tunnel, I said, Diego, I'm pissed.' He said, It's OK, Gazza, so am I' I just started laughing! I scored in that game I beat about five players, an unbelievable goal. If I didn't know what the f**k I was doing, the defence had no chance. I looked at Maradona and said, F**king beat that then, will you?' And he f**king did! What a goal I went, Oh, f**k me!'"}],"
Paul Gascoigne joined Serie A a year after Diego Maradona left Napoli, so the two never faced each other in a competitive fixture. They did meet in charity matches and social settings, most notably a Seville charity game in November 1992 when Gascoigne's Lazio visited Spain. Gascoigne recalled drinking with Maradona, joking about rehab, and described both players as capable of breathtaking genius and self-sabotage. In Seville Gascoigne scored a solo, dribbling goal, challenged Maradona, and watched Maradona respond with his own brilliant strike, producing a celebrated exchange between the two mavericks.
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