As soon as November 25, 2021 is born, as soon as the day of the first year without Maradona on the Land, Argentina caresses Diego with total tenderness. With enormous love, inordinate. With Maradonian love. As for that up there, in the sky, the mythical 10 does not have any doubts. They do not forget it here. They miss him here. Here they adore it. Here they want it with the heart.
The caresses begin to skyrocket from 00.01 on Argentine Thursday. The Professional Football League In his networks he writes: “You will live forever in each soccer player. You are eternal ”. And upload a video with that unforgettable image of Maradona playing with a globe at the San Paolo in Naples.
Of course, the edition includes a current player from each of the three teams in which Diego played in his country. Gabriel Florentin from Argentinos Juniors, Agustin Almendra of Boca and Maximiliano Rodriguez Newell’s appear imitating the genius and at the end they send him a message. “Diego, we will always miss you,” Florentín tells him. “Diego, we will never forget you,” Almendra assures him. “Diego, your football is present,” Maxi rounds up.
DO NOT MISS IT
Around the same time, clubs that pride themselves on having enjoyed Maradona as a player also pamper the legend. All with posts that combine a phrase with videos or photos. Argentinos summarize: “It passed into eternity. Diego Armando Maradona 10. Eternal fluff. Eternal Diego ”. Mouth he synthesizes: “You never left. You are in the heart of every fan. Eternal Diego ”. Newell’s rounded off: “Always missing you 10. Eternal Diego.” He also remembers it with nostalgia Gymnastics, the Wolf from La Plata that the phenomenon was directing when death caught him: “We miss you a lot, Diego.”
A while before the classic had finished in Avellaneda between Independent, a team that Maradona always wanted from his idolatry by Ricardo Bochini, and Boca, the club of which Diego was a fan. Red had won 1-0. As in every match of the date, a tribute for Pelusa had been enjoyed, all with black armbands, forming a 10 in the central circle, with the fans shouting “Olé olé olé, Diego Diego” and repeating “Y ya ya lo, y You see, the one who doesn’t jump is an Englishman ”. Maradona died just a year ago, but he is alive. It will always be alive.
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