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The pain and memory of Diego Maradona three months after his departure.

Today, February 25, marks a new anniversary of the day that football history changed forever.

By Fredi Roman

Today, February 25, marks a new anniversary of the day that football history changed forever.
Today, February 25, marks a new anniversary of the day that football history changed forever.
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Without a doubt, the 25th of each month will not be just another ordinary day. It is that, every time the calendar marks this date, a new anniversary will be commemorated in which Diego Armando Maradona, left this world and passed to immortality. Today, three months have passed since that sad November 25, in which that news that seemed like a nightmare, crossed the Argentine borders, and reached the most remote places on the planet.

Nobody ever wanted to hear a piece of news like this. Is that what the Argentine star generated on and off the field, was as unique as incredible. Adults and children. Men and women. Argentines, Europeans, Africans, Asians. The love and admiration for Maradona, broke any type of barrier, without distinguishing cultures, races, or religions. The eternal 10, died at the age of 60 due to suffering a cardiac arrest while recovering at his home in Tigre after having undergone surgery for a subdural hematoma a month earlier, when health problems began to complicate him.

Since his death, the tributes and memories about the best footballer of all time did not stop being present anywhere in the world. After a massive wake at Casa Rosada, an emblematic building in Buenos Aires, Diego Maradona was honored everywhere. Because of that, the Argentine soccer association (AFA), decided to call Diego Maradona to all Argentine championships.

Diego Maradona's impressive Porsche auctioned in Europe

In 1992, Maradona decided to buy a Porsche 911 Type 964 Carrera 2 Convertible in Europe, of which only 1,200 were produced for the whole world, when he arrive at Sevilla. During his cycle at the Andalusian club, Maradona used this Porsche and drove it to walk around the city and go to training. After leaving that city, Maradona returned to Argentina and the car remained in Europe as he sold it to an unknown citizen of Mallorca, who had it for the next 20 years and then fell into the hands of collectors. The Porsche will start at the 200 thousand euro figure and they expect it to be higher.


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