Not sure that the disappearance of a sportsman has created so much excitement in the world since the death of the pilot Ayrton Senna in 1994. Diego Armando Maradona died this Wednesday at the age of 60 years.
A shock for the world of football, but not only.
Adored for his magical dribbling as for his extraordinary personality, El Pibe de Oro has entered the hearts of several generations.
Let's start with those who knew number ten in Albiceleste and Napoli.
And inevitably by Pelé, the other best player in football history even though the two men have never played against each other.
“What sad news.
I have lost a great friend and the world has lost a legend.
There is still a lot to say, but for now, God give strength to family members, he said on Twitter.
“One day, I hope we can play ball together in the sky,” concluded Pelé, twenty years his senior.
What sad notícia.
Eu perdi um grande amigo eo mundo perdeu uma lenda.
Ainda há muito a ser dito, mas por agora, that Deus dê forced para os familiares.
Um dia, eu espero que possamos jogar bola juntos no céu.
pic.twitter.com/6Li76HTikA
- Pelé (@Pele) November 25, 2020
“It's our past that is going away”.
This is how Michel Platini reacted to the RTL microphone.
"Diego Maradona in Argentina is beyond what the Champs-Élysées could have been in 1998 (in France)", he also said.
“This news devastates me and touches me deeply, loose to the Parisian the former French international Alain Giresse (1974-1986).
I had obviously met him on the courts.
Maradona is one of the different people, like Pelé, like Johan Cruyff.
What he had been able to produce as a footballer, the human dimension he had, this worldwide recognition… He was a unique personality ”.
" Forever.
Ciao Diego "
The Naples club, which had its golden age and its only two Italian football championship titles (1987, 1990) with Argentina, was quick to greet the one whose face lines the walls of the city.
" Forever.
Ciao Diego ”.
A sober message taken up by the Argentinian selection.
FC Barcelona, the first club to have succeeded in wresting Maradona from the South American continent (1982-1984) wrote to him “thank you for everything”.
Hasta siempre, Diego.
Serás #Eterno en cada corazón del planeta fútbol.
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- Selección Argentina 🇦🇷 (@Argentina) November 25, 2020
The stars of contemporary football are not left out.
They also wanted to pay tribute to the Number 10. While Cristiano Ronaldo said goodbye to "an eternal genius", we inevitably await the first words of Leo Messi, the other genius of Argentine football, whose relations with Maradona have always been cool summer.
Mbappé's tribute
For his part, Mbappé has never known Maradona on a field but without a doubt that the videos of his exploits marked the childhood of the native of Bondy.
“You will forever be in the history of football.
Thank you for all the pleasure you have given the whole world, ”wrote the PSG star.
Other renowned players wanted to express themselves on social networks.
We can cite pell-mell Harry Kane, Sadio Mané, or Jesse Lingard.
RIP Legend.
You will stay in the history of football forever.
Thanks you for all the pleasure you gave to the whole world 🙌🏽🙏🏽❤️
AÏE AÏE AÏE F * CKING 2020 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/8xc1CDKDg2
- Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) November 25, 2020
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Olympique de Marseille has also split a small text.
"A genius has left us and the football world is losing one of the greatest players of all time," tweeted the Phoceans who, as legend has it, had almost enlisted Maradona in the spring of 1989, under the Tapie era .
