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The organizer of the funeral of Kirchner put in the wake of Diego Maradona in Casa Rosada

2020-11-27T16:04:33.259Z


Javier Grosman puts up the tribute in the stadiums to fire the former player and part of his team collaborated with the organization.


Nicolas Diana

11/26/2020 10:55

  • Clarín.com

  • Politics

Updated 11/26/2020 11:01

The organizer of the funerals of Néstor Kirchner and the Bicentennial celebrations in 2010 was involved in the farewell of Diego Maradona.

This is Javier Grosman, who was also the director of Tecnópolis during the presidency of Cristina Kirchner.

The former official, who

was part of the construction of a Kirchnerist story and aesthetic, is

working on the tributes that will be made in all soccer stadiums in the country on the next date of the Professional Soccer League.

And also, part of his team was involved in the organization of the funeral at the Casa Rosada together with the Government.

Since he left the government in 2015, Grosman returned to dedicate himself to the production of musical and sports shows.

Today, in addition, he works with the Professional Football League (LPF) and has

a strong bond with Marcelo Tinelli, who chairs the entity.

Since yesterday, when it was learned that the former player had died, he began to

diagram a scheme of tributes in the football stadiums

for the next date under the protection of the LPF.

The first happened on Wednesday night in the main football stadiums: they turned on their lights at night to remember Maradona.

The Boca Juniors only turned on the lights of the box that belonged to the former player. 

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Although at first it was speculated that the date could be suspended, everything indicates that this weekend it will be played.

Soccer sources and those linked to the Government assure that there was

a call between President Alberto Fernández and Tinelli

for the date to remain firm.

They also contacted Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, the president of the AFA.

"We believe that Maradona would have liked it to be played," said a source familiar with those contacts.

For now, only the match between Gimnasia and Vélez that had to be played on Friday was rescheduled for Saturday.

Thousands of Argentines go to see Diego Maradona at the Casa Rosada.

The first tribute will be in the game that Racing and Union will play on Saturday at 17.10.

The players will all come out with the same shirts alluding to Maradona

and beyond the minute of silence, they prepare a farewell without solemnity.

There will be music and they will seek to remember it with joy, according to the organizers. 

But the tribute in the stadiums is not the only point that connects Grosman with Maradona's farewell.

One of his partners became involved in the organization,

together with the Government, of the funeral at the Casa Rosada.

This is Ignacio Saavedra,

an acquaintance in Kirchnerism: he was a member of La Cámpora, he was manager of Public Television and director of AFSCA during Cristina's administration.

An image of the Bicentennial celebrations in 2010.

Saavedra has a production company called Tiempo Beta

with which he organizes "audiovisual events and projects" as described on his website.

The last massive event he organized with Grosman was virtual and had some drawbacks.

It was the online "march" for Loyalty Day that they put together last October 17 and that, according to what they reported, received several hacks that prevented it from being carried out as planned.

The box that belonged to Diego Maradona in the Boca Juniors stadium, illuminated to remember him.

Boca Juniors press photo.

In the transmission of the funeral, the producer La Corte, owned by Cristóbal López, who is in charge of transmitting many of the government acts, also joined.

The Court survived several efforts: it started with Cristina, remained with Mauricio Macri and now continues with Alberto Fernández. 

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Grosman took center stage during Cristina's government after the organization of the Bicentennial celebrations in 2010. That same year, after the death of Kirchner, he was in charge of organizing the funeral at the Casa Rosada.

In addition, he was the director of Tecnópolis.

He has good contacts with Kirchnerism.

He is close to Senator Oscar Parrilli with whom he worked when he was Secretary General of the Presidency. 

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Source: clarin

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