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Sadness in the world of football. Diego Armando Maradona, one of the best players in history, died this Wednesday as a result of a cardiorespiratory arrest.
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Maradona was in San Andrés, an exclusive neighborhood in full development, located between Nordelta and the Villa Nueva complex, on the border between Tigre and Escobar. There he lived his last days, after being discharged from the clinic in Olivos, in a house specially adapted so that he could continue with his treatment after the operation he underwent.
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Inside one of those houses, the world champion in Mexico 86 faced a long treatment for his addiction to alcohol. “We are evaluating the details to see the steps to follow, what is clear is that this is just beginning and that we have to continue with treatment,” said Carlos Díaz, a psychologist and member of the medical team who treated him at the Olivos clinic.
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The chosen location was not accidental. A few meters from there lives Gianinna Maradona, the person who became the family leader in this crusade to recover her father. In addition, it was also necessary to find an address close to the Olivos clinic.
But neither these comforts nor the entire plan for his recovery was enough and this Wednesday the most important player in the history of Argentine football and one of the most important in the world said goodbye.
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First image of Diego Maradona, after his operation and with his doctor Leopoldo Luque.
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His death
The news was confirmed by his lawyer Matías Morla and his ex-wife, Claudia Villafañe, and his daughters Dalma and Giannina, who live in the same neighborhood and were the first to arrive, immediately arrived at the scene. Later, the sisters also approached.
The first doctor to help Diego was a neighbor, who is part of the medical team of the Delta Rugby Club. Later, patrols arrived and put a tape about 50 meters from the house to avoid concentrations.
Around 11 in the morning the news was known that left the country in total shock. Maradona had left the Olivos Clinic last Wednesday, November 11, after being operated on Tuesday, November 3 to remove a hematoma subdural. From there, Diego continued with rehabilitation in a rented house in the San Andrés de Villanueva neighborhood, a town in Tigre, which was specially adapted so that he could continue his treatment for his alcohol addiction.
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His last public appearance was on October 30, on the day of his 60th birthday and on the return of activity in local soccer with the match between Gimnasia and Patronato at the start of the Professional League Cup. With the presence of Gabriel Pellegrino, Marcelo Tinelli and Claudio Tapia, the AFA gave him a plaque, greeted him and congratulated him with kisses and hugs, without the proper protocols due to the pandemic. In addition, Gimnasia gave him a cake and hours before, about 500 Lobo fans gathered at the gates of his country to celebrate his anniversary.
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Maradona, hero of Argentina in the World Cup in Mexico 86.
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“I start my 60 years with these wonderful messages that life gives me. Thank you for so much love, thank you for your friendship. This is the best birthday gift you could have given me. And thank you, too, to all my team for preparing me. this great surprise “, was published in his Instagram account: that afternoon he withdrew from the stadium without being able to witness the game from the substitute bench. Bad sign: his presence in the stadium showed signs of his precarious state of health, something that became clear just three days later, when he was admitted to a sanatorium in On payment.
Champion in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, appears in Argentinos Juniors, Boca, Barcelona and Napoli And eternal hero of the Argentine national team, Maradona died at the age of 60 while still wishing to resume his role as coach of La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing.
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