Ligue 1 players will form an "M" in tribute to Diego Maradona

A Diego Maradona fan in front of the San Paoli stadium in Naples, November 26, 2020. -

Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 players will pay tribute this weekend to Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60, by forming an "M" before kick-off, the Professional Football League said on Friday. (LFP) to AFP.

In practice, the two teams will enter the field to a song, yet to be determined, which should recall the "Pibe de Oro", before forming for a minute of silence an "M" in the central circle.

The LFP had said Thursday that it would change its pre-match protocol to honor the memory of the Argentine football legend, who died Wednesday.

Several French clubs have paid tribute to the Argentinian "Diez" on social networks.

UEFA observed a minute's silence in its memory for the Champions League and Europa League matches played on Wednesday and Thursday.

Maradona was buried Thursday evening in a private family ceremony in a Buenos Aires cemetery, at the end of a day when thousands of fans paid her their last respects.

The hearse carrying the coffin covered with the Argentine flag had left the presidential palace at the end of the day, greeted by thousands of people along the roads before the coffin was buried in a family vault.

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