The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Diego Maradona's last interview: 'Sometimes I wonder if people will still love me'

2020-11-26T13:52:14.756Z


On his 60th birthday, the star responded exclusively to Clarín's questions. He died this Wednesday and the world mourns him. Diego Maradona died


Julio Chiappetta

11/25/2020 1:36 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 11/25/2020 1:46 PM

Diego Armando Maradona died

and the world is no longer the same.

For Argentines and for many football lovers around the planet, the one who best treated the ball in its history was gone.

He had turned 60 in 2020 and in that context he gave what would be his last interview with

Clarín

The boy who was born and raised in Villa Fiorito, the boy who spent the only pair of slippers he had in the pasture, the young man who began to dream of Cebollita, who studied at the prestigious Argentine school and who climbed a mountain Russian that I would never have imagined.

The coach who will always be a footballer

.

The guy who would bum a muddy ball even if he's wearing a new suit.

The one with contradictions.

The one about the perfect World Cup and the one about dopings.

The one that viralized his life when that concept did not even exist.

The one who was the main protagonist, like or dislike, of

a constant reality show

.

The one who a couple of times hardly manages to dribble to death.

The same one he beat this time.

The man in whom all these ingredients and many others coexisted: Diego Armando Maradona.

-What was the best and worst thing that happened to you in your life?

Do you regret something?

-I went and I am very happy.

Soccer gave me everything I have, more than I ever imagined.

And if I hadn't had that addiction I would have been able to play a lot more.

But today that is past, I am fine and what I regret the most is not having my parents.

I always ask for that wish, one more day with Tota but I know that from heaven she is proud of me and that she was very happy.

-Raise the glass for your birthday and I made a wish for all Argentines.

-My wish is that this pandemic passes as soon as possible and that my Argentina can move forward.

I want all Argentines to be well, we have a beautiful country and I trust that our President will be able to get us out of this moment.

It makes me very sad when I see kids who don't have enough to eat, I know what it's like to go hungry, I know what it feels like to feel when you don't eat for several days, and that can't happen in my country.

That is my wish, to see the Argentines happy, with work and eating every day.

The Ten teams


Swipe to explore the data


Matches won Matches tied Matches lost


Statistics:

Oscar Barnade

Infographic:

CLARÍN

These are times of strict protocols for everyone.

And Diego, being a risk patient, had to adapt to the rules imposed by the context of the pandemic.

Isolated in his home in Brandsen and in his only report to an Argentine media, Maradona agreed to answer the questions that 

Clarín 

sent him through his press officer on the occasion of his birthday.

Ten talks about football and life.

-The pandemic hit you closely: your brother-in-law died, your sister Lili was affected and you also had to maintain strict care.

Are you afraid of the coronavirus?

-This is the worst thing that could happen to us, I never saw anything like it.

And Latin America is much more successful.

Hopefully it will end soon, there are people who are not having a good time, many people who are unemployed, who find it difficult to have enough to eat.

I trust (Vladimir, the president of Russia) Putin, I am sure that in a short time he will have a vaccine because this is no longer held.

Diego's DTs


Swipe to explore the data



Statistics:

Oscar Barnade

Infographic:

CLARÍN

-Do you feel how people's faces change when they approach you, see you or touch you?

-I am going to be eternally grateful to the people.

Every day they surprise me, what I experienced in this return to Argentine football I will never forget.

It exceeded what I could imagine.

Because I was out for a long time and sometimes one wonders if people will still love me, if they will continue to feel the same ... When I entered the field in Gimnasia on the day of the presentation I felt that love with people is never going to end.

The footprint in the Selection


Swipe to explore the data


Matches won Matches tied Matches lost


Statistics:

Oscar Barnade

Infographic:

CLARÍN

-What does the Argentine athlete of any discipline have that does the impossible to defend the blue and white colors?

-We leave the country very early, we live abroad for a long time and we miss each other a lot.

That's why when a national team calls you, you come even swimming.

Because it means feeling in your country again, defending the flag and that makes us different.

-What excites you about Argentine sports?

-Everything, I look at everything, I follow any Argentine wherever he is.

Wherever the Argentine flag is present I will always be encouraging.

When I see the face of an Argentine athlete who wins, it thrills me.

The other day I saw Peque (Diego Schwartzman) with Nadal and suffered more than him.

The technicians in the Selection


Swipe to explore the data



Statistics:

Oscar Barnade

Infographic:

CLARÍN

-How did you experience the Messi-Bartomeu-Barcelona case?

In its place, would you have slammed the door anyway?


-I knew that was going to end badly and I thought Leo was leaving.

It happened to me too.

Barcelona is not an easy club and he has been there for many years and he was not treated as he deserved.

He gave them everything, he took them to the top and one day he wanted to go out to change the air and they said no.

What happens is that slamming the door is not easy, there is a contract, a very big club, people who love you.

I didn't do it at Napoli.

-Who is more likely to win the Copa Libertadores: River or Boca?

-Mouth is fine, I like it.

Miguel (Russo) gave the team strength back and now added a couple of players who raised the level.

River has been working with Gallardo for a long time and that is important, they already know each other by heart, but in this I have a lot of faith in Boca.

MFV

Look also

Diego Armando Maradona, the idol turns 60 with solidarity actions, isolated in privacy and with many joys

Look also

The different tributes to Diego Armando Maradona for his 60 years of life

Look also

World upheaval: Diego Armando Maradona died

Diego Maradona died: disbelief and shock in the networks

Source: clarin

All news articles on 2020-11-26

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-27T16:45:54.081Z
News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.