simply, all ways in our hearts child health warnings to meet family and friends for the holiday. diego. along with a wonderful photo. wonderful images of his days at natalie. let's take a look at some of the players pele we've been the uk chancellor outlines the huge hearing about him, have it way tim? cost of the pandemic and what it'll i will translate this. it is a wonderful tweet from him. he says sad news today, i've lost a dear friend and the world has lost a legend. there is much more to say bye for now may god give his family strength. one day i hope we will play soccer together in the sky. it is quite an extraordinary another one of those considered perhaps the greatest of all time. let's have a look at what ozzie idealist has had former argentine intimate of diego maradona. thank you for your friendship, yourfootball maradona. thank you for your friendship, your football is sublime. without comparison simply the best football player in the history of football. so many moments impossible to say which ones was the best. rip my dearfriend. diego maradona in fact a great tale about going to white hart lane to play in his testimonial back in 1986, he actually played for spurs that night. apparently he turned up without any booth and had to borrow boots from clive allen because they we re boots from clive allen because they were the only boots that fit him. that is in an extraordinary memory for many of those spurs fans they we re for many of those spurs fans they were there that and i felt up another spurs lane, an international link, gary linacre who said this afternoon by some distance the best player of my generation. arguably the greatest of all time after a blast but troubled life, hopefully he will finally find some comfort in the hands of god. a slight reference there to that famous hand of god moment against england back in 1986 will stop finally the current england captain, another spurs player. privilege to have met him, very sad news, rip diego maradona. along with a picture of harry kane along with diego maradona and others. argentinian grades they are in the spurs dressing room. just a couple of the tributes being paid this afternoon. many, many more will be coming in over the the coming days and weeks no doubt. extraordinary to see the amount of tributes being paid across twitter and instagram for top thank you. we are going to stay on that theme of tributes that are being paid. isn't coming out from the ford form argentinian player occer. many argentinian player occer. many argentinian people on the football side what you've done is incredible. i think if it's one player that could do the same goal it's messy. you won't see anywhere else for a long, long time what macro one has done. he's done so much for our country that is very sad news for the world but obviously especially for argentinian people. the world but obviously especially for argentinian peoplelj the world but obviously especially for argentinian people. i am glad to say i am joined now by bbc sports editor who has just dashed say i am joined now by bbc sports editor who hasjust dashed onto say i am joined now by bbc sports editor who has just dashed onto set. thank you for being here. just ask you to park your sport ten for a 2nd. asa you to park your sport ten for a 2nd. as a football fan what is your reaction to the loss of diego maradona? one of sadness great sympathy for his family as one well. at times like this you inevitably consider the status of a sports person and where they rank. i think there is a case certainly for a generation of sport fan that diego maradona was notjust the sport fan that diego maradona was not just the greatest footballer of all time but arguably the greatest sports person. and i think british sports person. and i think british sports fans and especially england football fans, of course have this particular connection with him because of that remarkable match in 1986 in the world cup quarterfinal. which as i say, people aged between 40 which as i say, people aged between a0 and 50 remember and will start of the test of time for the up and in many ways was symbolic was in a? that performance for the his career and the rest of his life was up the duality, the contradiction of the genius and the devil man and the flawed nature. ithink genius and the devil man and the flawed nature. i think the reason why he is such an important, towering sporting figure is the combination of those two qualities and traits. it's the undisputed footballing genius, the creativity, courage, strength and the passion which he brought to the field. those human flaws which i think many people can relate to and which is one of the reasons he remained so popular. isaac is a measure of his greatness that many england football fa ns greatness that many england football fans will feel very sad despite the fa ct fans will feel very sad despite the fact that he cheated that day with the hand of god. he said he wasn't cheating he saw it more as trickery and why us and cleverness. i think many english football fans will be sad because i also appreciate not only is genius but they can relate to him as well for top i think inevitably there will be comparisons drawn with a man who is often together with diego maradona described as a greatest, pele. i suppose the big differences and they are very different individual characters, of course. i've heard it said that diego maradona at natalie and with argentina was perhaps more important. he dragged them out. he himself was an underdog short in stature, came from slums of buenos aires to the top of the game and win the world cup. at the achievement of doing that with both his country and indeed is club in natalie was arguably greater than pele who is great on the brazil side. with legendary players i think macro ones contributions to the team was arguably even greater.|j contributions to the team was arguably even greater. i want to go over to one of those players that played with diego maradona. dan talking about devil man and genius. perhaps nowhere more so than to be seen perhaps nowhere more so than to be seenin perhaps nowhere more so than to be seen in that 1986 quarterfinal against england. peter reed was there. peterjoins me now. just take me back to that game first of all in 1986. it was... you talked about this in the past but when diego maradona put that hand of god, what was going through your mind at the time? the first one, i wasjust outside the 18 yard box so i seen it. but the explosion from the crowd obviously, we know that the referees did itand obviously, we know that the referees did it and thatjust disbelief. it was just like, he's not did it and thatjust disbelief. it wasjust like, he's not gonna did it and thatjust disbelief. it was just like, he's not gonna stop it now. obviously, no such thing as... he cheated, did a? as much as he cheated then the second goal was pure genius. from one of the greatest footballers who ever walked the planet. you mentioned that genius. i can't pretend i watch mirror donna went when i was playing i was too young. when my earliest football memories is watching videos of that match. in particular of that incredible goal. i know that you've been asked many times as well. what made it so perfect, do you think? well, first of all it's the importance of the game. which was as you know world cup final. it was a massive political, and that come into it. when a great player stands up into it. when a great player stands up to the plate which he did in that game. and even more so against belgium in the final, he was a brilliant, brilliant player. no right foot but the best left foot you've seen. great physical strength but great awareness, great football brain. a brilliant athlete. we know he had those demons. listen, i met him afew he had those demons. listen, i met him a few times and spoke to him through an interpreter. he was very amicable. he loved to laugh. but his life was very difficult. to me he had riches through football but i don't think he had an 80 five c which is always difficult for any human being. peter, you say it you met him. you talked through interpreters, what did he say? did you ever mention that hand of god goal directly? he had a laughed and said it was the hand of god. and i said it was the hand of god. and i said well it wasn't my god. and he just laughed. the second one through the interpreter he was wringing his hands and smiling as though looking at me go in, your no... he was right on that one. is he the greatest player you played against?|j on that one. is he the greatest player you played against? i always try to not find that difficult. i played against the best when he was, i told george bass and those two ironically died on the same day for top you cannot believe. two icons of the game. certainly, i tell you what i'd say if i been to argentina to watch football matches in buenos aires and if you ask any argentinian who the best player ever is, it's diego maradona. and why am saying that lionel messi who a lot of peoples say is the best, they all say diego maradona. two argentinians he is up there, the top. how about for you though? our generation... he is up there, the top. how about for you though? our generation. . ij think for you though? our generation. . i think it's always difficult to compare. pele, diego maradona, george baz, alt magnificent footballers. how can you choose either one of them impossible. footballers. how can you choose either one of them impossiblei think that's a fair answer. it is impossible. thank you so much for being part of the programme tonight. just looking here at that reaction both from lionel messi and cristiano rinaldo. more reaction, more attributes as you expect to diego maradona on the bbc website. we will have more through the night on bbc news. we are out of time. thank you for being with us this evening. and we will leave you at the end with the man himself. good night. the greatest player here is diego maradona. oh! oh, you have to say that's magnificent. that wasjust pure football genius. good evening. well, we've got clear skies tonight it is going to turn pretty chilly. with a touch of frost and one or two fog patches here and there, as well. a band of cloud plaguing the far southeast and the odd spot of rain. because of that extra cloud it's not going to get quite as cold but for many other spots where the skies are clear we'll get close to freezing or a couple of degrees below in some places. a cold start to tomorrow morning. some fog patches which could be very slow to clear actually but most of it and for the majority we see some spells of sunshine still extra cloud to the southeast of england and the channel islands with temperatures may be 10—11 in western and southern parts for most stuck in single digits. a cold night to come on thursday as well and a bit of rain to the far northwest and elsewhere fog likely to be quite dense and quite widespread into friday morning with some of that fog lingering for a good part of the day and it is going to be 00:13:56,756 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 a very chilly indeed.