Before the vase, the nights of El Cielo with Poli Armentano, the parties in front of Vesuvius and the coexistence with the Neapolitan Camorra, it was Guillermo Coppola of the Federal Bank of Argentina.
A Guillermo in suit, tie and briefcase who used that financial institution as a springboard for Boca Juniors and then towards that King Midas who was Diego Maradona.
In the series, Maravilla’s revolution is told first and then the negotiation of the ten million required for Maradona’s arrival at Boca (in real life there were two years of difference, before the arrival of Diez). We will have to ignore historical details and imagine many untold details.
The rest is known history. Coppola was Maradona’s representative, but also his guardian, his shadow and, according to the series, his “babysitter” and “fixer” of various messes … That initial question that Minujín asks himself in the first episode torments him until the end: “How to adjust this shower called Diego Armando Maradona, turn on the hot water, turn it on and open the cold water tap?”. Six episodes are not enough. Everything suggests that there will be a second season…
Source: Clarin
