04/25/2020 - 15:41
- Clarín.com
- sports
The parate of sport that imposed the coronavirus pandemic does not seem, a priori, easy to carry for a man of almost six decades who spent 75 percent of his life linked to professional soccer. However, Diego Armando Maradona is taking advantage of the free time left by the suspension of the activity to recover his right knee, from which he underwent surgery last year, although without losing sight of the situation of the ball in the country.
The greatest footballer of all time is going through the period of mandatory social isolation at his Bella Vista home. From there, where he is accompanied by his trusted friends and staff in charge of cleaning and cooking, he maintains daily contact by video calls with Dr. Leopoldo Luciano Luque, one of the members of the medical staff that treats him.
Diego Maradona communicates daily by video call with Leopoldo Luciano Luque, one of the members of the medical staff that assists him.
Last week, Luque was at the residence to check him up. He provided the vitamins that the Villa Fiorito star normally consumes and left him a new daily exercise routine, which includes 30 minutes of treadmill walking, cycling and massage sessions to improve the resistance of his right knee.
On July 24 of last year, Diego underwent surgery at the Olivos Clinic due to a picture of synovitis and osteoarthritis in his right knee that was limiting his chances of getting around. Since then, the progress has been very marked, they count from the environment of the Ten .
But Maradona is not only focused on that: he maintains telephone contact almost daily with Sergio Marchi, general secretary of Argentine Soccer Players, to know in detail how the situation of the Argentine soccer teams has evolved, which have been in progress for more than a month. without working and, in some cases, with difficulties to collect.
“I am to death with Turco Marchi. Many hit him, but he is the type who always puts his face on the players, "said the gymnastics coach three weeks ago. At that time, when payment problems were beginning to be seen in some clubs, he also whipped some leaders.
"I believe in Turco Marchi and the work he does, today we all have to be together pulling for the same side and not forgetting the players from Ascension who are the ones who are most affected by this situation, but I believe in Turco's work and that it gives me peace of mind, "he reinforced this Saturday in a note published by the El Día newspaper in La Plata.
"There are some who are now dummies and want to take advantage of this moment to avoid paying, but they have come with quilombos for years. It seems that they always had a pandemic in their clubs," shot Diego, who had offered the Wolf leadership to renegotiate their contract if that served to alleviate the situation of the club.
For now, football is still stopped and there is no return date in sight. Faced with this situation, the Diez tries to maintain telephone contact with the players of his squad to know how each one is, not only on the physical face, but also in the mood. Meanwhile, everyone hopes to know as soon as possible how the season will be defined.
"With the work we were doing I had no doubts that we were going to leave the relegation zone, we still have to know what measures the AFA will take. So according to that, with the coaching staff we continue to plan at the foot of the canyon to be prepared to face any possible scenario, "he told El Día.
