Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players in football history -
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6:19 p.m.:
One of his former clubs in Argentina, Boca Juniors, paid tribute to the legend.
Eternas gracias.
Eterno Diego.
pic.twitter.com/SZVNOJnZ1j
- Boca Jrs.
Oficial (desde 🏡) (@BocaJrsOficial) November 25, 2020
6:15 pm:
Diego Maradona was so many things, and sometimes a madeleine comes back in our twitter thread.
Often, we see this video of Diego in the warm-up.
And she reminds us of how much of a magician he was with the ball.
Will never get tired of watching Diego Maradona's iconic warm-up routine for Napoli 💙
(via @NapoliAndNaples) pic.twitter.com/WVtW0UQFey
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) November 25, 2020
6:12 p.m .:
We had seen Maradona a few times in France.
Including once for a memory dear to Toulouse.
(We'll talk to you about it tomorrow, I promise).
Gods existed, he even missed a penalty at the Stadium in 86. https://t.co/NbT9GioYZY
- Alexandre Pedro (@alexandrepedro) November 25, 2020
6:09 p.m.:
The President of the Argentine Republic decrees three days of national mourning.
Our llevaste a lo más alto del mundo.
Our hiciste immensely felices.
Fuiste el más grande de todos.
Gracias por haber existido, Diego.
Te vamos a extrañar toda la vida.
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- Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) November 25, 2020
6:01 p.m.:
When we think of Diego Maradona, we think of 1986 and therefore, necessarily, of that.
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- Scipio (@Scipionista) November 25, 2020
5:58 p.m.: Three days of national mourning in Argentina, announces the government.
5:55 p.m .: AFA pays tribute to its D10S
“The Argentine Football Federation, through its president Claudio Tapia, expresses its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend, Diego Armando Maradona.
You will always be in our hearts, ”reacted the AFA on Twitter.
La Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, through su Presidente Claudio Tapia, manifiesta su más profundo dolor por el fallecimiento de nuestra leyenda, Diego Armando Maradona.
Siempre estarás en nuestros corazones 💙 pic.twitter.com/xh6DdfCFed
- AFA (@afa) November 25, 2020
Diego Maradona is no more.
The former Argentina player and coach died on Wednesday at the age of 60 from cardiac arrest, according to an Argentinian spokesperson.
On November 12, Maradona returned home after eight days of hospitalization, following an operation for a hematoma on the head.
In recent years, his life had been punctuated by many health problems, some of which were linked to excesses of all kinds which sometimes made him flirt with death.
Hero of the Albiceleste in the victorious 1986 World Cup, he was considered by many to be the best footballer in history.
Maradona also scored for life on Napoli, with whom he won Serie A and the UEFA Cup.
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