If Maradona is football’s god, then Eduardo Galeano wrote football’s holy book. The Uruguyan, Galeano — he also happened to have good politics: “I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people” — passed away this week. He wrote mostly about football before television. Go well, great writer. In the meantime, we’d recommend Gary Younge’s account of his meeting with football’s messenger here. Then, below, read two of our favorite entries about the Greatest of All Time (G.O.A.T.), Diego Maradona that we copied below (we hope the publisher doesn’t ask us to remove it), from Galeano’s book about football, Soccer in Sun and Shadow, below.