Maradona's last dramatic dribble

Diego Maradona once again proved that he is a dramatic hero.

The Argentine star is recovering "without complications" from the emergency operation to which he was subjected on Tuesday night at a clinic on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a few hours after a CT scan revealed cerebral edema.

Betting on a new vigil, dozens of members of the Maradonian Church and other fans celebrated like a world title when the idol's personal physician, Leopoldo Luque, announced the success of the operation.

"The bruise was evacuated, Diego is fine," Luque said on the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, and caused a goal breakout at the gates of the medical center.

The scene recalled the moments when Maradona was torn between life and death, in 2004, and his parishioners spent the night awake in front of the hospital.

“The anemia stabilized and we removed the drain.

Diego is without complications associated with the surgery, without any type of neurological deficit or sequela, ”Luque added yesterday, while the walls of the clinic were filled with posters encouraging the idol.

With phrases like "I only ask you for one more dribble" or "If you're fine, we're fine", it was surprising that many fans wore the blue shirt that Argentina wore in the 94 World Cup, when Maradona was sanctioned for doping, instead of the model used in Mexico 86 in its glory days.

The Agony of the Fluff always replicates in his fans.

"We were with the 94 t-shirts, which are the t-shirts of pain, the last that Diego wore in the Argentine national team," said Walter Rotundo, who qualifies as an apostle of the Maradonian Church and who, in the hyperbole of his passion, baptized to his daughters Mara and Dona, twins today nine years old.

"I have no doubt that Diego will come out of the clinic well," he predicted.

Hospitalization time

Although Luque preferred not to specify, it is estimated that Maradona will remain hospitalized for at least a week.

"Evolution is day by day, so it is difficult to evaluate a time.

The good thing is that his recovery is progressing favorably, "insisted the doctor, who, however, until last week only recognized" emotional "problems of the current Gymnastics coach.

The detection of edema in a tomography carried out this Tuesday at noon was interpreted by Luque "as a cause" of his erratic behavior in recent days.

According to the doctor, Maradona "was listless, more angry and sometimes did not want to recognize me."

A subdural hematoma usually results from a blow to the head, but Maradona told the doctor that he does not remember falling in recent weeks.

Although forecasting the future of Maradona always sounds like a science fiction exercise, his lawyer, Matías Morla, specified that the former soccer player will continue to direct Gimnasia.

“I spoke with one of the sons of Fidel Castro and both Venezuela and Cuba are friendly countries for Diego to recover, but he is leading the way in Gymnastics.

Diego will continue as a gymnastics coach because the cognitive part was not affected, ”said Morla, who thanked various Latin American political leaders for being interested, among whom he mentioned the Argentine president, Alberto Fernández, and the vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Also Lionel Messi, through social networks, sent "a hug from the heart" to the dramatic idol, who once again seems to have dribbled.