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With Diego Maradona, not only did the best footballer of all time die on Wednesday, but also a man closely linked to tennis.
by Jens Huiber
Last edit: November 26, 2020, 8:04 am
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What emotions must have been for Juan Martín del Potro and the Argentine Davis Cup team at the end of November 2016 in Zagreb: hosts Croatia started the last day with a 2-1 advantage, Marin Cilic led in the third individual against del Colt with 2-0 games. DelPo had never made up for such a deficit before, but on November 27, 2016, the man from Tandil managed to do so. In the last game, Federico Delbonis closed the capture against Ivo Karlovic. In the audience at that time: Diego Maradona, who was the maximum entertainer of the guests.
Just to understand for all those who only know Diego Maradona’s best moment from YouTube snippets: while the GOAT debate in tennis moves with difficulty from Federer to Nadal and Djokovic and vice versa, there cannot be two opinions about the best player of football. give all the time. Jan-Age Fjörtoft, best known to Austrian and German soccer fans from his time in Vienna and Frankfurt, tweeted following the news of Maradona’s death on Wednesday: There has never been a greater gap between the best player in the world and the rest. footballers than towards the end of the 1980s.
Del Potro, Sabatini, Nadal also cry on Twitter
To claim that Diego Maradona had divine status in Argentina and also in Naples is not an exaggeration. Just watch Asif Kapadia’s brilliant documentary about Maradona’s crazy years at SSC Napoli. So it’s no wonder the tennis world reacted in shock to the news of the 60-year-old soccer idol’s passing.
“I feel like you are going back to the place that is yours, heaven. You will never die for me.” Juan Martín del Potro said goodbye to Diego Maradona.
Gabriela Sabatini wrote: “There are no words to describe this moment, an absolute sadness. For me you will live forever. I adore you forever, my friend.”
Rafael Nadal also spoke on Twitter: “Today the world of sports in general and football in particular is empty. #Maradona was one of the best athletes in history. What he did in football remains. My deepest condolences.” Family, the world of football and all of Argentina “.
Diego Schwartzman, who once claimed that 98 percent of his name was due to Diego Maradona, posted a symbolic image on Instagram.
And speaking of nothing, another tweet from the official Queen Twitter account, which underlines the greatness of Diego Maradona: The teacher himself with the Union Jack, the other great teacher, Freddie Mercury, with the Argentine National Team shirt. And that’s after the war for the Falkland Islands and the goal in the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, which Maradona had scored with his hand against England.
