Diego Maradona’s last words before death arises

The last words of soccer legend Diego Maradona before he died were: “I don’t feel well.”

Maradona suffered a fatal heart attack on Wednesday (local time), two weeks after undergoing surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage.

The 60-year-old legend ate breakfast in the morning at his home in Tigre, Buenos Aires, then spoke with his nephew Johnny Esposito and told him that he was not feeling well – “I feel bad” in his native Spanish – and that he was going to bed again.

Maradona was home from the hospital and was being cared for by a nurse, who called the emergency services.

Sadly, the soccer legend had died when help arrived. The rescuers tried to revive him, but it was too late.

Now an autopsy is expected to confirm that the cause of death was heart attack.

He reportedly died around noon local time.

In Argentina, President Alberto Fernández has already declared three days of national mourning in honor of the soccer legend.

What Maradona wanted engraved on his tombstone

In life, Maradona expressed what he wanted to have engraved on his tombstone.

In a rare television interview that aired 15 years ago, during which Maradona questioned himself, he said that growing old with his grandchildren would mean “a peaceful death” for him.

“Thank you for having played soccer because it is the sport that gave me the most happiness and freedom and it is like having touched the sky with my hand,” said Maradona.

“Thanks to the ball. Yes, I would put the tombstone … ‘Thanks to the ball.”