The death of 60-year-old Diego Maradona astounded the football world. The heart attack caused irreversible consequences to the Argentina legend’s health. According to the latest sports news, the football world sorrows about Diego’s death, while his homeland has announced a three-day mourning.
The former Argentinian superstar was recovering after the surgery on his brain earlier this month, but the unexpected heart attack became fatal. Maradona was sent home after the successful brain blood clot removal and had to start a recovery from the alcohol dependency. However, his unstable health wasn’t able to deal with sudden troubles.
Argentina goes to mourning and footballers express condolences
The unfortunate news found the immediate reaction in Argentina, where the dedicated football fans were coming to the streets to honor the footballer’s memory. This activity is seen in Naples, where Maradona is a local hero after playing seven years for local SSC Napoli.
Twitter is blown up with the hashtags about Maradona and his death. The recent superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Harry Kane, and others have already posted photos with Maradona and expressed condolences to Diego’s family.
The former legends also didn’t stand aside. The Brazilian legend Pele sorrows that the world has lost one of the greatest players. Gary Lineker, the English striker who was opposing Maradonna in 1986, praised the talent of the Argentinian and called him the best during his playing years and added Diego to the list of GOATs.
Why is Maradona so famous and highly recognizable?
Diego was undoubtedly a unique player. He wasn’t high but looked stubby, which meant that his center of gravity was lower than other footballers and gave him an advantage during matches’ commotion. However, this vital characteristic was facilitated by excellent skills and football thinking. The combination of the aforementioned aspects with speed made him an unstoppable dribbler who could pass a few opponents in a matter of seconds. The magic left foot could score any goals: from long distance, over and under the goalkeeper, and from the free-kick.
A lot of fans remember how important Diego was in the World Cups in 1986 and 1990, winning the first one and losing in the final match four years later. The special attention deserves his two unique goals against England in 1986 in the quarter-final match. The first one has been scored by the “Hand of God”, which still looks amazing in terms of how natural it looks. However, the second goal was pure magic: Maradonna ran over 60 meters (starting from his half of the field), dribbled five English players (including the goalkeeper), and scored in an empty net.
He also led Napoli to two Scudettos in 1987 and 1990 – the only Serie A titles for the club. Spending seven years in the club, he became the idol for the local fans, while the club even retired the jersey with number 10 from the active club’s squad in his honor. Maradona was also the first who broke the world football transfer record two times, relocating to Barcelona for $5M in 1982 and then to Napoli for $6.9M in 1984.
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