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Large crowds lined up for Maradona’s farewell ceremony
Large crowds gathered in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, for the funeral of soccer legend Diego Maradona, in an atmosphere full of sadness and pain.
Thousands of people marched behind Maradona’s coffin before he was buried in a private ceremony. Police had to intervene to control the waves of people who had attended the funeral.
The government declared a three-day mourning period, mourning the departure of the national hero on Wednesday, due to a heart attack, aged 60.
On Thursday, Maradona’s body was wrapped in front of the presidential palace in a coffin wrapped in the national flag, and on it is the number 10 jersey that the player met during his football career with his country.
In broad daylight, the line of mourners was a kilometer long, and the police clashed with many of them when they tried to close the palace grounds at four in the afternoon.
There were reports of the use of tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds who wanted a final look at Maradona’s body.
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An atmosphere of sadness and pain hung over Buenos Aires
One of the mourners, whose name is Robin Hernández, said that the police had seized the crowd.
He said in a statement to Reuters: “We were lined up in silence and the police started firing rubber bullets. It’s crazy. All I wanted is to say goodbye to Diego.”
Then the government extended the period by two hours, but that was not enough for many of the mourners to reach the coffin either.
Then the funeral procession headed to the Bella Vista Cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
Maradona’s relatives and several of his former players had previously attended a private eulogy.
“It was everything for us”
In the Italian city of Naples, where Maradona spent 7 years as a player, the team’s fans gathered at the stadium to mourn the deceased, shouting “Diego, Diego”.
On the second day, the fans violated the closure procedures imposed by the spread of the Corona virus, and the crowd came out to pay tribute to Maradona before the start of the Naples match, as to the Croatian team Rijeka in the Europa League competition, which it developed without an audience.
“He was exceptional and represented everything for us in Naples,” Napoli supporter Gianni Auteur told Reuters.
Maradona, considered one of the greatest footballers in history, has gone through volatile periods in his career as he became addicted to cocaine and alcohol. He underwent brain surgery in November and was undergoing treatment for alcoholism.
Local media reported that he had died of a “heart attack.”
He died at his home near Buenos Aires, and his nephew, Johnny Esposito, was the last to see Maradona Gia, according to official reports.
He left 5 children and his ex-wife Claudia Villaván, 58, whom he separated in 2004 after twenty years of marriage.
