Maradona Sevilla

The career of Diego Armando Maradona has had a tipping point, after hitting back "the sky with your hands" and being a hero in Italy, Positive Doping earned a decrease in its football performance which is never finally recover, in the same way that neither would his addiction to drugs.

Leaving behind what was experienced in Napoli , and thinking about moving away from the competitiveness of Italian Football, began talks to Maradona away from Italy, taking bids from Olympique Marseille and tempting them to return to Spain , offering a sum of 7.5 million dollars.

The coach was waiting Sevilla Carlos Salvador Bilardo , who had directed the Argentina National Team in World Championship Mexico 86 , and the runner-up Italia 90 , but had to resolve some outstanding legal disputes.

First, Napoli refused to yield, and therefore requested the intervention of FIFA in the transfer, which was finally granted on 22 September 1992, although it was not the only thing which prevented his departure.

On April 26, 1991 his department was raided in Argentina, being in possession of a considerable quantity of drugs, which earned him a sentence of the Italian courts to 14 months suspended prison sentence for drug possession.

Authorized by the judges in charge of this criminal case was finally submitted on September 28, 1992 in the capital of Andalusia, in a friendly against Bayern Munich, who returned to face Lothar Matthaus , who won the trophy in Italy 90.

His official debut in the Spanish League was the October 4, 1992, against Athletic Bilbao with whom he had so many rivalries and also served as a farewell to Spain, where previous step by FC Barcelona .

This club had heated discussions with the leadership, who had fined for having gone to a friendly between Argentina and Denmark, as well as highly insulting to Carlos Bilardo:

After a chip from an old knee injury, the coach also called jugase, although in the meantime requested the change. Given this, Maradona admitted that he applied three injections of anti-inflammatory and eventually was replaced with 53 minutes of play, causing anger and insult laden broke relations between them and the leadership.

Retiring the playing field for a few weeks to recover from his injury, finally decide to leave Spain, returning to Argentina that he grew up and leaving Sevilla in seventh place, 15 points behind champion FC Barcelona.

Diego Armando Maradona statistics in Seville:

• Spanish League 1992/93 Season: 26 games, 4 goals
• Copa del Rey 1992/93: 3 matches played, 3 goals

In the beginning of the decline in his career, Diego Armando Maradona was demonstrating his ability, his dribbling and speed were outstanding: