Dead Maradona, the memory of Macron: «Diego stays» – Corriere.it



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«The hand of God he had put a football genius on the ground. Now he has recovered, with an unexpected dribble that has fooled all our defenses. With this gesture he wanted to end the debate of the century: Diego Maradona is he the best footballer of all time? The tears of millions of orphans respond, on this day, with a painful test. It starts like this the note issued by the Elysee a few hours after the news of the death of Diego Armando Maradona.

“Sumptuous and unpredictable player”, “dancer in shoes, not really an athlete but an artist who embodied the magic of the game”: this is how Maradona is described in the successful years. And so the 1986 world cup, victory and “the birth of a myth: the enfant terrible has become the best player in the world” “:” There was a King Pele, now there is a god Diego. “The story ends here at the point of maximum ascent: Difficult years and transgressions are not mentioned, as well as the commitment of ct. They are only mentioned, in passing, relations with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez. The reason is explained in one sentence: “It is in the countryside where Maradona made the revolution.” And precisely about this, and only about this, the note speaks.

That ends, however, with a part, the most moving, which refers to herself. French President Emmanuel Macron. «The President of the Republic greets this undisputed ruler of the globe who the french loved it so much. To all those who have saved pocket money to complete the record of Panini del Massimo 1986 with their sticker, to those who have tried to negotiate with their partner to baptize their son Diego, to their Argentine compatriots, to the Neapolitans that drew a graffiti worthy of Diego Rivera with his effigy, to all football lovers, the President of the Republic expresses his deepest condolences. Diego stays».

November 26, 2020 (change November 26, 2020 | 09:52)

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