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Diego Maradona died: the memory of the comrades of 86 and the irrepressible crying of Jorge Valdano

2020-11-26T17:33:11.264Z


All agreed to highlight the human being as well as the footballer. And the former Real Madrid striker and coach couldn't stop his excitement.


11/25/2020 4:50 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 11/25/2020 4:50 PM

It was the moment when he became a legend.

In which he reached the peak of his career.

When he definitely entered the football Olympus and sat on the throne to reign.

Diego Armando Maradona achieved eternal glory in the World Cup in Mexico 86 and spread glory to Argentine soil.

And there next to him, defending the light blue and white jersey, were they ... The teammates from 86 ... Those teammates who today suffer, feel and remember Diego.

They were the privileged witnesses to Maradona's football climax.

One of those who were most excited was Jorge Valdano, one of the most important in the conquest of the title in Aztec lands.

Usually measured in his appearances in the media, the former national team forward could not contain the tears in his appearance from the Wanda Metropolitano, where he was going to participate in the coverage of the match between Atlético de Madrid and

Lokomotiv Moscow

for the Champions League.

Asked by a Spanish television journalist about his memories with Diego, Valdano, who had spoken before about his pain at the news, began to respond and had to interrupt the story, overcome by emotion.

Jorge Valdano's emotion when remembering Diego Maradona summarizes thousands of states of mind in a single person.pic.twitter.com/IePDzmZ3ig

- Danilo Costas Del Castillo (@ DCostas8) November 25, 2020

"If there was a guy who wore the tape in every way correctly, this was it. This one was different from all the captains because on top of that he was the best of all. How happy he made us, crazy ... We went to the National Team because we knew we were I liked it, because it was Argentina, but we knew it was there. And we couldn't not be ... ", said Oscar Ruggeri, visibly shocked, on

ESPN

.

El

Cabezón

was one of the defenders of the 86 team.

"I'm destroyed. They shot me in the chest. I still can't believe this happened. It's a terrible pain, because of all that one shared and how happy it made us. Because the truth made us very happy. I speak as friend and he made me very happy on the field, along with the 86 boys, and off the field as well, ”said Sergio Batista, central midfielder of that team led by Carlos Bilardo, on

TyC Sports.

And

Checho

continued

: “He was a very kind person, so kind ... He taught us many things and when this happens it makes you angry.

He was a young person, but I prefer to remember him with the best memories he had on the field of play and outside as well ”.

In addition, the former midfielder recalled some of his great gestures: “When things were bad, I always had him by my side supporting me, giving me words of encouragement that I needed to move forward.

In the World Cup 90 I shared a room with him and I had to leave before the game with Brazil and he saw me so sad that he asked Coppola to buy me a watch, that way it wasn't too bad ”.

The players pose before the final against Germany.

(Photo: AFP)

And he commented: "The 86 boys wanted to get together with him and there is still a bit of that bitterness of not having been able to visit him due to the pandemic. It is a pity because a piece of all of us is leaving us."

Diego did not participate in the WhatsApp group but his colleagues from 86 knew that he was still with them.

In fact, when he spoke of the World Cup in a public appearance, he always remembered and praised them.

“He played ball a little bit, we're going to miss him… I was lucky enough to know him from a very young age and he was very affectionate with me, normal, mate… He wanted to be the best in the world and he fought for that.

Many people call it the sacred fire.

I had it.

You have to have a lot of personality and desires to be the best in the world ”,

Claudio Borghi, another ex-Argentinos Juniors who was also part of the '86 team in Mexico

, also told

TyC Sports

.

"In that World Cup I was the second handle of the National Team. My role was to generate play every time Maradona was marked by several rivals or had some difficulties to leave them behind and face the goal with his power. With Bilardo as coach, each player had a mission to fulfill on the pitch. And in my particular case, I was aware that I had to help our main figure. In any case, it is important to clarify that it was not easy to play in that position because Diego, due to his quality, forced you to to be focused the whole game. At any moment he was capable of inventing a play and leaving you face to face against the goalkeeper, "Jorge Burruchaga said in a letter he wrote to

Clarín

.

It was precisely

Burru

who Diego left face to face with Harald Schumacher, Germany's goalkeeper, in the final to convert the goal that gave Argentina the second world cup.

And eternal glory to Maradona.

"Thanks to his talent, I was world champion and I experienced one of the greatest satisfactions of my career," Burru closed. 

Source: clarin

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