Vladimir jovanovic maradona biography

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Director:
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Producer(s):
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Footage Archive Producer:
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Stephen Maier for Stasi FC

Production Company:
Corso Film

Synopsis

Dresden, 1978: A musty-smelling locker room. The Dynamo Dresden players celebrate their outstanding victory in the GDR championship. But their laughter stops when Erich Mielke storms in. He has not come to congratulate them, but to make it clear that this will be the last championship celebration for the popular club for the time being. From now on, his team, BFC Dynamo Berlin, would take over the GDR league. And so it was: in the following ten years, Erich Mielke's favourite club won ten championships with the help of dubious refereeing decisions, forced player transfers and cunning manipulation. The Stasi's influence on the national football league - which is said to have triggered a government crisis - even went so far as to plot the murder of an East German footballer who had gone to the West.

For football fans in East Germany, the choice

After deciding to stay with a club for more than two years for the first time in his 15-year career, Russian manager Vladimir Latunov was reaping the benefits at FK Radnick 1923 Kragujevac. His side went into the winter break sitting top of the Serbian SuperLeague, with Belgrade giants Red Star and Partizan breathing down their neck.

Latunov spent the winter break further strengthening his squad, using the affiliate deal with AS Monaco to bring in free loans of centre-back Frederic Rousseiau and left-back Tanguy Dumortier, who immediately picked up a three-month hip injury! He also loaned in striker Ivan Stepanenko from Dynamo Kiev.

Unlikely title bid resumes

Radnicki 1923’s closest title rivals came back from the winter break early to play their games in hand. Red Star won to go top while Partizan lost at strugglers Backa, which meant all teams had eight games remaining before the Serbian SuperLeague split in half.

Star striker with six finishing Nikola Milosevic picked up where he left off by scoring 11 minutes into the first game back at home to Vojvodina

World Cup team profiles: The star players, the new men and how they qualified

Argentina

Manager: Jorge Sampaoli

Star man: Lionel Messi - Is this the year the Barcelona forward finally tastes international glory? After losses in the World Cup (2014) and Copa America (2015, 2016) finals, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner will hope to end his nation's 32-year wait for victory.

How they qualified: Finished third in the South American standings, with a Lionel Messi hat-trick against Ecuador on the final matchday lifting Argentina from the brink of a shock failure.

History: Two-time winners in 1978 and 1986, having featured at 16 World Cups. Three-time runners-up, having lost the final in 1930, 1990 and most recently to Germany in 2014.

Fun fact: No nation has featured in more World Cup penalty shootouts than Argentina - they have won four out of five.

Best World Cup moment: That Diego Maradona double against England in the 1986 quarter-final. A moment of sheer audacity saw the little Argentine score his infamous 'Hand of God' goal, where he punched the ball in

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