"Bringing all the children together", Diego Maradona's dream for his 60 years

Esteban Mikkelsen Jensen

09/28/2020 - 11:58

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Diego Maradona is already palpitating his 60 years, which will be on October 30.

Isolated in the country Campos de Roca, in Coronel Brandsen, since the end of July, due to the coronavirus pandemic, he spends his days between visits from his closest environment and planning, together with his coaching staff, of what is to come for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata.

"Diego is very about football, being in the armchair with his cigar, in front of the TV. That is his world, he is addicted to football, to sports. He wakes up with tennis, continues with football. He has gone from watching 12 times a game on the same day ",

his lawyer and right hand man, Matías Morla

, tells

.

But the DT of "Lobo" reveals a dream for this stage of his life: to reunite his five recognized children (Dalma and Gianinna, Diego Junior, Jana and Diego Fernando).

"

, that's why he's a bit sad sometimes," says Morla (41) in his office in Puerto Madero.

Maradona has six other children who are processing filiation in the courts: four in Cuba (Javielito, Lu, Johanna and Harold, all between 19 and 21 years old), plus Santiago Lara, 19, and Magalí Gil, from La Plata. 24 and mother of a girl.

Diego Maradona, in full boxing practice in the country Campos de Roca, in Brandsen.

"Diego is very respectful of the right to identity, with the issue of letting them know if he is a son or not. I think that at this point

. If Justice recognizes a new son, it would be necessary to see what a link it forms, "says his lawyer.

In the country located a few meters from highway 2, Maradona receives a visit from Jana and also from Verónica Ojeda, his ex-partner, who takes him 7-year-old Diego Fernando, whom he took for a horse ride the week pass.

"He is with the lady who cleans, with a permanent custodian, with two friends and there is a lot of presence of Jana Maradona, who stays the night. In addition, he is seeing Verónica Ojeda a lot and sometimes his daughters Dalma and Gianinna also go", Morla points out, who adds: "He is with Jana, with Diego Fernando he is maddened and his daughters are tattooed, it goes without saying how fond he is for them."

Diego Maradona in the country Campos de Roca, in Brandsen.

-Is it an almost impossible dream to reunite your children?

Dalma and Gianinna will be difficult to accept.

-You never know in the world Maradona.

That is the last goal you want at the family level, it is the dream of your life.

According to Morla, the

"is in a peaceful stage of life, he

and he wants to be calm."

In addition, "he is very happy with the people at Gimnasia and wants to fulfill his contract until December 2021."

"He is very plugged in, doing a lot of Zoom with the players, with Gallego (Sebastián) Méndez and the coaching staff to see everything, with the limitations due to the coronavirus," adds his advisor, who comments that Maradona "is very much from the WhatsApp audio , does not write, and the Zoom does not handle it, it handles Face Time that squeezes and calls ".

In addition, he exercises every day with his instructors and follows the advice of the doctors.

The 1986 world champion in Mexico is also enthusiastic about the solidarity campaign "

", based on donations to people of humble social condition in times of pandemic.

It is a move together with the Argentine Red Cross and the national deputy Nicolás Rodríguez Saá who coordinates Morla and that on October 30, Maradona's birthday, will have an action in Villa Palito (La Matanza).

Maradona attended only one gymnastics training session at Estancia Chica during the pandemic.

Gymnastics Press Photo.

Diego was hit hard by the issue of Covid-19.

In August, due to this illness, his brother-in-law, Raúl "Colo" Machuca (77), husband of Rita "Kitty" Maradona (67), one of his five sisters (the other two brothers are Hugo and Lalo)

This Wednesday it will be the turn of the first gymnastics friendly, after the frustrated game on Saturday at Estancia Chica against Huracán, due to the rains.

The rival will be San Lorenzo, in the New Gasometer.

Although it has not yet been confirmed if Maradona will be there, who so far attended only one training session during the pandemic.

The judicial war with Claudia Villafañe

Diego's bond with his ex-wife has had strong media chapters in recent times.

Fernando Burlando, Claudia Villafañe's lawyer, spoke that his environment had him "kidnapped", in the sense that "they are managing and controlling his life in a very wasteful way."

In a video that he sent to

, Maradona rehearsed a reply in his style: "Prisoner, the balls," he warned.

Today Morla tries to lower the tone of the controversy, although he remarks that the judicial war is far from being solved and immediately raises the temperature.

"They are silly, I think that is psychological more than anything. Perhaps it is harder psychologically to say that '

' instead of that '

'".

Matías Morla, Diego Maradona's lawyer.

Photo Xinhua / Martín Zabala.

"I did not play ball, the Miami apartments when I was single I did not buy them, I did not buy the companies and I did not disappear millions of dollars. They sent her to investigate the accounts in Switzerland, the accounts in Uruguay, the departments from Miami ... the 18-year-old son of Lalo, Jorge Maradona, had the house named in his name, it is an illicit maneuver that is being investigated in Miami and in the Argentine courts, "emphasizes the lawyer.

-Is it possible that any of the parties give in and solve everything at once?

-I say how you want to give in?

If you want to get your things back, it's millions of dollars.

She has to return Maradona's silver.

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