Dorados de Sinaloa manager Diego Maradona paused for a long time before answering a question from ESPN in a recent post-match interview.

Asked for his thoughts on the Mexican league in which he now works, the Argentina legend deliberates for such an ongoing moment that one interviewer eyes the other in bafflement.

By the time he gets round to giving his response on the pitch at the Estadio Banorte, you’d be forgiven for having forgotten what the question actually was.

After a mixed start, Maradona’s reign as Dorados boss has picked up significantly of late – they are unbeaten in nine games in all competitions.

This run has taken them to the cusp of the final of the Apertura, where they hold a 2-0 lead over Juárez going into the 2nd leg at the Estadio Olímpico.

They also lie 7th in the Ascenso MX, Mexico’s second tier, at the season’s midway point.