Maradona: The last goodbye to the “god” of the ball – Hundreds of thousands in the streets

The funeral of the “god” of the dance will take place in the cemetery of the area Nice view, in Buenos Aires according to international media, at the request of the family.

In the same cemetery they have and his parents are buried and the funeral is expected to take place around midnight Thursday.

From the beginning, the body of the legend lies in popular pilgrimage.

Argentine media report that it takes up to three hours of waiting for someone to reach Maradona’s body and worship him.

Crowds gathered (media reports say overcome the one million people) to get as close as possible to the coffin where Diegito is, reflect the Size from Worship to your face in South America.

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“You have to be here. There was no way this wouldn’t have happened. In a way, this was Maradona, breaking the rules,” said Marcelo Gades, a 52-year-old employee who waited to worship the body with a rose in hand. “Argentina is Maradona and Maradona is Argentina, with all the good and all the bad,” he added.

The massive turnout after Maradona’s death caused intense criticism on social media, especially after the government imposed a cap on the number of people who could attend vigils and funerals to curb the virus.

The rules have been relaxed in recent weeks to allow greater access to cemeteries, although indoor gatherings generally remain highly restricted.

While the authorities had disinfection equipment in palace entrance, where people marched in procession to see the closed coffin, many fans gathered in front of the entrance and some they were singing Y they took without protective masks.

“So many people together to say goodbye to Maradona is the source of Covid’s live broadcast,” Alberto Ocalde, a 55-year-old Argentine doctor, told Reuters.

“I see people in the street crowded together and there are still some without masks,” he added, adding: “I understand the pain, as it was an idol for us, but the health risks are high.”

Episodes with tear gas and plastic bullets

There was also tensions during the giant gathering.

Following the announcement by the Government of Argentina that the popular pilgrimage in the body of the great Argentine ace extended until 7 pm (local time) due to the large crowd, very serious episodes began.

According to the online edition of the newspaper “Clarín”, hundreds of people they jumped its fences to get to the government building faster, with the police trying to keep them away, using tear gas and plastic bullets.

the fast episodes extended to the surrounding streets, with many “outbreaks” of tension and stoning of people with the police, while at the same time (as reported by “Clarín”) they removed -for security reasons- from the chapel of Casa Rosada, the coffin with Maradona’s body.