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Everyone HATED manager Carlos Bilardo
A lot of fan bases hate their head coach, but the vitriol toward Bilardo can only be described as extra. The press criticised his every move, including his correct decision to name Maradona captain. Even politicians, some of the only people whose approval can drop below that of a struggling national team manager, scored easy points by hating on Bilardo. It got so bad that he had to change his daughter’s name to protect her from the heat he was getting. In an interview shown in the documentary, a reporter asked Bilardo, “Do you realize that if this thing doesn’t work out, the smallest tomato that they’re going to throw at you will be the size of a watermelon?” Luckily for him, it did.