Maradona at Boca Juniors

The stage of Diego Armando Maradona at the club he loves is divided into a before and after, as it passes through the club was in the beginning of the "off" of his career, and was then where he finished his football legend, leaving behind a legacy of joy and sadness in the world of football.

His first appearance in Boca Juniors was in 1981, after Argentinos Juniors receive various offers for its signing, the most onerous by River Plate, although various pressures exerted by Maradona himself was crucial to be bought by its rival.

His debut was, as in his previous club, to Talleres de Cordoba on 22 February, but this time starting with a win and making two goals, with the curiosity that had been subjected to an infiltration (very common in career)

In this first stage, we saw a real Maradona , with an absolute delicacy recovered when a failure, or left scattered on the floor, after his wonderful dribbling, nothing more and nothing less than Ubaldo Fillol and Alberto Tarantini, who Argentina had been champions in the 1978 World Cup .

This first step of Diego Armando Maradona by the riverside club had bad relations with one of the stars of the club, Silvio Marzolini, there is a rumor that states that the barra brava interceded in the conflict between them, besides requiring the better team .

At a completion date of the Metropolitan Tournament 1981, was faced with Rosario Central and withdraw from the visit with the trophy in his hands with only draw, but the match ended in defeat and put dots on the first and only consecration Maradona in Argentine soccer, tied with Racing Club for 1 to 1 and turning, a penalty, the goal that was used for the glory.

A team hampered by the economic crisis was going through, after the great effort have brought Maradona, seen in the 1981 National Tournament a complete failure, falling eliminated in the quarter-final against Velez Sarsfield, as a result of a large number of friendly matches they should play to raise funds, which wore out the players and the same Diego, finally in the early months of 1982, he left behind an indelible mark, and preparing for its first foray into the 1982 World Cup.

Statistics of Diego Armando Maradona at Boca Juniors

• Torneo Metropolitano 1981: 28 games, 17 goals
• National Tournament 1981: 12 games played, 11 goals