| The facts and personages who marked 2008 |
| Maradona returns to the first plane |
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| The age of "10 began. |
Although his official premiere as trainer of the albiceleste will be in March, when Argentina receives Venezuela in qualifying rounds, the appointment of Maradona like DT was one of the most commented news of the year.
Magician of the ball with the feet, the breast and even with the hands, Maradona will have to use all his head to demonstrate from the bank that something of his genius can transmit.
Maradona, of 48 years and the one who was a pair of times to the rim the death for his narcotic addiction, replaced Alfio Basile after the historical defeat who suffered Argentina 1-0 with Chile on October 15 in Santiago. It was the first victory of the "Red one" on the albiceleste in an official party.
The age of "10 1-0 began with a victory in a friendly one against Scotland in Glasgow and without the presence of the star of the Barcelona Lionel Messi, who went out behind Cristiano Ronaldo in the voting for the golden Ball in Europe.
| The facts and personages who marked 2008 |
| Manchester United, the best team of the world |
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| Manchester United. |
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Manchester United, with the Argentinian Carlos Tévez, was elevated for the fourth time between the European clubs when 6-5 was imposed to the English Chelsea in the final in Moscow. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the goal of the tie 1-1 during the game and in the definition for penalties marró the first one for the Red Devils.
Also, Manchester United closed the year on having gained him to League of Quito the final of the World cup of Clubs of Japan for 1 to 0.
| The facts and personages who marked 2008 |
| Nadal conquers the world |
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| Rafael Nadal. |
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Finally, Rafael Nadal could obtain his sleep of climbing to the top of the world tennis thanks to one year in which Spanish gained everything. It was crowned for the fourth consecutive time in Roland Garros, his first Wimbledon won Roger Federer in five epic sets (many people say that it is the best final of the history) and if it was small, in the Olympic Games of Beijing it gained the golden medal. Simply spectacular.
| The facts and personages who marked 2008 |
| Phelps writes his name in the history |
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| Phelps. |
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With eight golden medals, an unpublished achievement in the history of the Olympiads, the American Michael Phelps inscribed his name between the big athletes of all the times. The native one of Baltimore practically had no competition in the Olympian swimming pool of Beijing, and his hard training of years yielded the awaited fruits.
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