Diego Maradona: Know Why The Legend Shot A Journalist And Misbehaved With His Fans

Maradona is being remembered by his fans across the world. Famous for his 'Hand Of God' moment Maradona also had a bad-boy image for fans. Take a look at some of the most controversial moments of his life.

(FILES) In this photo taken on June 30, 2018 the retired Argentine player attends the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match between France and Argentina at the Kazan Arena in Kazan. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)

Diego Maradona death: The iconic Argentinian footballer passed away at his home in Tigre after suffering a cardiac arrest, reports in Argentinian media said. The legend who was synonymous with 2 things-football and controversies. He was a magician on the field with the ball and outside his short-tempered attitude brought an impression of the 'Bad Boy'. Also read|Diego Maradona: Argentina Legend & One Of World’s Best Footballers Dies; Leaves Huge Void In Sports Spectrum While people remember him for the 'Hand Of God' goal, he is also known for shooting a journalist outside his home. Yes, you read that right! The iconic footballer lost control and fired at a journalist. This is what happened:

Shooting journalists outside his house

This was probably the phenomenal soccer star's lowest point of life. He was handed a jail sentence of 2 years and 10 months. The reason behind the same was the 'shooting' of journalists with an air rifle.

In 1994, he shot at the journalists outside his home at Buenos Aires, for 'invading his privacy'. The shameful act injured four people.

These are some other controversies for which Maradona received flak from fans

Maradona runs over the cameraman & curses the man

It was the day when Maradona was to name his 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup. His stresses were made even worse when he ran over a cameraman as he was driving to his news conference. Instead of being apologetic and asking if the man was alright, he hurled abuse at him and blamed him for the accident. Witnesses close to the incident recalled how Maradona could be heard saying: "What an a**hole you are. How can you put your leg there where it can get run over, man?", according to BBC.

Misbehaving with a fan

Known for his temper tantrums, Maradona crossed a line when he kicked a fan.

While he was looking for the perfect shot, a fan was interrupting him by lifting a poster continuously. He kicked the fan's hand to stop him. This was not the kind of behaviour that one could expect from a legend like Maradona.