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EN: Everybody knows of Diego Maradona, the most famous argentinian (and maybe even world’s) football player of all times. In his career, he played for (among others) Boca Juniors, Barcelona and Napoli.
In this Wikipedia article about Maradona, it says “Maradona is of Italian, Spanish, Croatian, Indigenous-Argentinian ancestry.” ???? I’ve never heard of this info about his background…
Maradona was a captain of Argentina's national team which won the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He scored two goals against England in quarter-finals, first of which was with his head. Replays showed that he striked the ball with his hand, and Maradona later commented that this was accomplished “a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God.”. It became known as the "Hand of God".
Maradona's second goal, just four minutes after the widely disputed hand-goal, was later voted by FIFA as the greatest goal in the history of the World Cup. He received the ball in his own half, swivelled around, and with 11 touches ran more than half the length of the field, dribbling past five English outfield players before he fooled the goalkeeper and slotted the ball into the net.
"Vrtić I" street, where the cache is placed, looked VERY narrow to me, in fact, after a bit of googling, I found articles from Nepoznati Zagreb (Unknown Zagreb) blog and Jutarnji List about it. So it seems this *IS* the narrowest street in Zagreb, after all! Wow!
So, although we associate "favelas" with Brazil, they probably exist (with different names) in poor neighborhoods all over South America. Narrow streets are one of their trademarks, and since Diego comes from such neighborhood, what better place to paint the pump in the honor of Diego Maradona…
This pump portraits Maradona in his early days, in the colors of Boca Juniors (blue, with gold stripe).
*ATTENTION* - due to the narrowness of the street and tight neighborhood, the area is FULL of muggles, there are SIX kids living only in the house next to the pump. The lady in the house across the street knows about the cache, but DO NOT LET THE KIDS SEE YOU TAKE and RETURN THE CACHE!!! It will disappear in the matter of minutes, so please, pay attention!!!
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HR: Svi su čuli za Diega Maradonu, najpoznatijeg argentinskog (a možda i svjetskog) nogometaša svih vremena. U svojoj karijeri je, između ostalih, igrao za Boca Juniors, Barcelonu i Napoli.
Na engleskom članku o Maradoni u Wikipediji piše da “ima talijanske, španjolske hrvatske, te autohtono argentinske korijene.” ???? Nikad nisam čuo za taj podatak o njegovom porijeklu..
Maradona je bio kapetan Argentine u osvajanju Svjetskog Prvenstva 1986. godine. Između ostalog, postigao je dva gola u četvrtfinalu protiv Engleske, prvog od kojih, glavom. Usporena snimka pokazuje da je loptu u stvari udario rukom, a sam Maradona je kasnije komentirao da je gol postignut "malo glavom Maradone, a malo uz pomoć Božje ruke". Događaj je postao poznat kao "Božja Ruka".
Maradonin drugi gol, samo 4 minute nakon osporavanog gola rukom, je kasnije od strane FIFE proglašen najboljim golom u povijesti svjetskih prvenstava. Dobio je loptu na svojoj polovici, okrenuo se, i s ukupno 11 dodira lopte pretrčao pola igrališta, predriblao petoricu engleskih igrača, prije nego što je prevario i golmana te poslao loptu u mrežu.
Ulica "Vrtić I" gdje sam stavio cache mi je izgledala JAKO uska. U stvari, nakon što sam malo izguglao tu temu, našao sam dva članka s bloga Nepoznati Zagreb te Jutarnjeg Lista o tome. Ispada da ovo ipak *JEST* najuža ulica u Zagrebu. Wow!
Iako povezujemo "favele" s Brazilom, takve četvrti postoje (samo s drugačijim imenom) po cijeloj Latinskoj Americi. Kako su uske ulice jedna od njihovih karakteristika, gdje ćete prikladnije mjesto nego ovo za pumpu ofarbanu u čast Diega Maradone…
Na ovoj pumpi je portretiran u svojim mladim danima, u dresu s bojama Boca Juniors-a (plavi, sa zlatnom crtom).
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*PAŽNJA* - obzirom na širinu ulice i prilično kompaktno susjedstvo, okolina je PREPUNA mugglesa, samo u kući koja se naslanja na pumpu živi šestero djece. Gospođa u kući preko puta zna za cache, ali PAZITE DA VAS MUGGLES DJECA NE VIDE KAKO UZIMATE ILI VRAĆATE CACHE!!! Nestat će u roku od par minuta, pa vas molim da budete jako oprezni.
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