BUENOS AIRES.- Argentine football remembered this Tuesday Diego Armando Maradonadied five years ago, amid requests for justice from the star’s family, who blames his medical team for the death.
The one who many consider the best footballer in history died at the age of 60 on November 25, 2020 while recovering from neurosurgery at his home in Buenos Aires.
Eight members of the legendary “Diez” medical team are accused of homicide with possible intent, a figure that implies that they were aware that their actions could cause the death of the patient.
“Only those who are forgotten die and you, Diego, we remember you every day,” published the Argentine team, with which Maradona was world champion in Mexico 1986, on the social network X.
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) shared, for its part, an image of “Pelusa” in X with the legend “the people do not forget who made them happy.”
Dozens of clubs and players commemorated the idol with emotional messages and videos, for whose fifth anniversary of death no official tributes are planned.
Boca Juniorsa team of which the left-hander was a fan and from which he retired in 1997, published a video in which people are seen leaving offerings to his statue at the La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires.
“People pass, days, months and years pass. Everything passes, except you, who are always here,” said Xeneize in a message.
Argentinos Juniorsclub in which he debuted, and the Italian Napleswhich he led to glory in the late 1980s, they also remembered him with heartfelt posts on their social networks.
court battle
Two of Maradona’s daughters, Dalma and Giannina, asked for “justice” for their father’s death, which is being investigated in the Argentine courts and has had fictional overtones.
The first trial was annulled in May due to the participation of one of the judges in a clandestine documentary about the process. The new litigation will begin next March.
“You dad are going to get the justice you deserve, I promise you,” Dalma Maradona wrote on her networks.
The children of 10 announced in 2024 the construction of a mausoleum in the center of Buenos Aires where the remains of the star will be transferred.
The space will be open to the public, but the work is on hold until the trial is over.
