‘Best player I ever played against,’ says Everton manager Ancelotti coached Maradona’s former club NapoliCarlo Ancelotti has said Diego Maradona’s legacy will be shaped by winning the
World Cup almost single-handedly, not by the “Hand of God”, as he paid tribute to the “best player I ever played against”.
The Everton manager faced the late, great Argentinian several times when Milan and Napoli were title rivals and admitted meting out “strong contact” to Maradona, who never complained. They later became good
Friends, and Ancelotti experienced at first hand the devotion Maradona inspires in Naples when he became Napoli coach.