10 Best Football Documentaries Of All Time
4. Diego Maradona
Unlike the Class of '92, Asif Kapadia's documentary Diego Maradona is a hagiography in the truest sense: for the people of Naples, El Diego is a saint whose fresco sits right alongside Janaurius'.
Maradona signed for Napoli in 1984, and before he'd even kicked a ball, fans in the city welcomed him like the second coming of the Messiah. 75,000 people flocked to the San Paolo stadium just to see him perform a kick-up routine. It goes without saying, then, that there was considerable pressure on the Argentine to deliver - and he did, almost single-handedly dragging Napoli to two Serie A titles and a UEFA Cup triumph.
Much like Kapadia's previous benchmark Senna captured the personal turmoil motorsport heaped upon its eponymous subject, Diego Maradona chronicles the almost impossible demands only a player of his God-given talent could endure - and meet. Ultimately, it'd lead to his downfall. That makes this a fascinating, often uncomfortable watch.