06/14/2021 18:06
Clarín.com
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International Soccer
Updated 06/14/2021 6:14 PM
Minutes before the start of the match between Argentina and Chile, the Nilton Santos Stadium in Rio de Janeiro witnessed recognition of the sporting career and legacy of Diego Armando Maradona.
"CONMEBOL has prepared an unprecedented show that celebrates and highlights the trajectory of the genius of world football," the governing body of South American football had anticipated.
At 5:48 p.m. the court was lit up and the playing field turned into a giant screen.
Then the images of Diego began to appear.
The classic dream of the kid in black and white, "my first dream is to play for the National Team and the second, to be a champion";
the classic and recognizable signature of the Diez in the center of the field;
a hug from Diego with Pelé, when the Brazilian visited him on his program, La Noche del Diez;
and Diego playing games in the middle of the court in a 3D image that gave goosebumps ... more, when the classic Opus theme, Life is Live, appeared, which he used in his famous warm-up at Napoli before playing with Bayern Munich for the semis of the UEFA Cup.
He could not miss the best goal of all time, that of Diego to the English, with the story that best accompanied him in the voice of Víctor Hugo Morales
Finally, a phrase from Maradona where he expressed "the love I feel for football. May this party never end, may the love one have never end ...".
Uffff, as to start calmly.
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It is worth saying that Diego never won a Copa América, the highest Conmebol tournament, but the tribute of the South American entity was up to the task, both for its technological resources and for the emotional nature of the action.
"A work carried out in record time, which went through changes of location and various challenges, but always faced with passion and professionalism. A show that combines surprising audiovisual resources, music, technology and fireworks, to delight the public behind the screens", Conmebol said on its official site.
And he fulfilled.
Maradona had been honored by the Argentine National Team in the qualifying match played against Chile (1-1), on June 3 in Santiago del Estero.
That was the first game for the Scaloni team after the death of the former captain and World Champion in Mexico 86.
That night the new breed of Argentine players, led by Lionel Messi, carried a photo of the legendary former captain in their cages, which they withdrew before the start of the match.
Shortly before the meeting, the team participated in the inauguration of a huge statue in homage to '10', located at the access to the Sole Mother of Cities Stadium in Santiago del Estero (1,000 km north of Buenos Aires), on an avenue that It bears the name Diego Armando Maradona.
The statue of Diego Maradona in front of the Madre Cities stadium, in Santiago del Estero Photo Juano Tesone / Envoy - FTP CLARIN 20210604_155641-01.jpg Z JTesone
From that November 25 to these days, tributes to Maradona do not stop throughout the globe.
And to think that in the last note with Clarín, the Ten had expressed the fear of being forgotten.
How to forget it, the world recognizes it.