The Argentine Football Association (AFA) delivered bracelets and allusive T-shirts to be used by the players when going out onto the field.
This Saturday, October 30, 61 years after the birth of the soccer star Diego Maradona, who passed away last November, the Argentines will make several tributes to commemorate the sports idol.
All the matches of the nineteenth round of the Argentine League, which began on Friday and ends on Monday, they will be interrupted after 10 minutes so that players, referees, coaches and supporters can applaud and cheer for the world champion.
“While that minute of tribute lasts, in stadiums that have giant screens, a iconic image of Diego Armando Maradona”Reported the Professional Football League.
In addition, stanzas of the song by the quartet singer Rodrigo Bueno will be heard through the loudspeakers of the stadiums “The hand of God”.
“The League understands that, being Maradona’s first birthday without his physical presence, the magnitude of his figure justifies the exceptionality of the aforementioned tribute for the only occasion,” they reported.
In addition, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) delivered allusive armbands and T-shirts to be used by the players when going out onto the field.
The last game of this Saturday day will be the one played in the Bombonera by two teams related to Maradona: Boca Juniors, the club in which he played and of which he was a fan, and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, the team he directed when he died.
In addition, Argentinos Juniors, the club in which he debuted, will hold a tribute match this afternoon with historical players from the Argentine team, including some world champions in Mexico 1986.
Sergio Goycochea, Héctor Enrique, Sergio Batista, Oscar Garré, Claudio Caniggia and Oscar Ruggeri, are some of those who confirmed their presence.
Diego Vannucci, Maradona’s godson and manager of the Argentinos Juniors sanctuary, who was armed with the donations of the fans after the death of the world champion, said in dialogue with Efe that “it’s a nice feeling to take care of Maradona”.
“This was the idea of the board of directors, which contributed ideas to make this sanctuary a reality. First it was outside and then it was decided to do it inside ”, he explained about the sanctuary where fans of the ex-footballer go.
“I am doing good to him, I am taking care of him and he from above somehow takes care of me”He added.
This Saturday there are also many other tributes and activities.
For example, in the seaside resort of Santa Clara del Mar, in the province of Buenos Aires, a 13-meter monument donated by the plastic artist Sebastián Martino will be inaugurated.
The event will feature the presence, among others, of the Uruguayan journalist Victor Hugo Morales, who worked with Maradona on the De Zurda program and was linked to the star’s history by recounting the emblematic match against England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
Maradona’s death
Maradona was born on October 30, 1960 and passed away on November 25, 2020.
The autopsy on the body of the former captain and former Argentine national team determined that he died as a result of a “acute lung edema secondary to exacerbated chronic heart failure”.
They also discovered in their hearts a “dilated cardiomyopathy”.
Argentine Justice investigates seven people for alleged “Simple homicide with eventual intent” – a crime that provides a penalty of between 8 and 25 years in prison – seeking to determine if the care of the former footballer was deficient.
It’s about the neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, the psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, the psychologist Carlos Diaz, the doctor who coordinated home care Nancy Forlini, the nurse coordinator Mariano perroni and the nurses Ricardo Omar Almirón and Dahiana Gisela Madrid. (D)
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