World football legend Maradona is hospitalized

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona was transferred to the hospital yesterday for medical examinations, according to what his private doctor said, with the assurance that the condition of the 1986 World Cup champion was not serious.

"The situation is not dangerous and we did not come (to the hospital) because of an emergency," Leopoldo Luque told reporters outside the clinic in La Plata, south of the capital, Buenos Aires.

Although he did not mention any other details about Maradona's condition, Loki said that the former Argentine star, who celebrated his 60th birthday last Friday, will undergo a series of medical examinations, explaining, "He is an elderly patient who suffers from many pressures in his life. It is a time when he needs to be." Help us. It's very difficult to be a Maradona. "

The doctor ruled out any relationship between the current health status of Maradona and the emerging corona virus that is sweeping Argentina, placing a large part of it in quarantine.

Maradona, who has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and health problems, will be in a critical situation and will suffer serious complications if he is infected with the "Covid-19" virus.

The Argentine had previously suffered from heart attacks and hepatitis, but "Diego is fine, although he can be much better," Loki said, adding, "He was not in a position that I would like to see him in. The entry of the current coach of Khamsa Asgherima comes a week after he was placed in quarantine." As a preventive measure, after one of his contacts showed symptoms of the Corona virus, as revealed by local newspapers last Tuesday.

The newspaper "Auli" sports reported that one of Maradona's bodyguards "woke up suffering from symptoms of Covid-19, and was placed in quarantine awaiting the results of the tests."

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