Ealing Bee
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'On 24 September 1983, Andoni Goikoetxea achieved notoriety for a foul on Diego Maradona described as "one of the most brutal fouls ever delivered in the history of Spanish football" in a league match at the Camp Nou, taking out the Argentine from behind and breaking his ankle. Maradona compared the sound he heard to that of wood breaking and, in the aftermath, English journalist Edward Owen coined the phrase "Butcher of Bilbao" to describe Goikotxea, a nickname which remained attached to him for the rest of his career. Maradona's compatriot Cesar Luis Menotti, who was the coach of FC Barcelona at the time, accused the Spaniard of "belonging to a 'race of anti-footballers'" and called for a lifelong ban; he was served a ten-match ban by the Royal Spanish Football Federation and it was later reported he kept "the boot he had used to destroy...(Maradona's) ankle ligaments" at home in a glass case.'
If that last bit is true, then he really was a scumbag. Meanwhile, here's the tackle:
If that last bit is true, then he really was a scumbag. Meanwhile, here's the tackle: