Kun, who was married to Maradona’s daughter, is now a commentator for ESPN and after Ten’s hat-trick on his debut he said: “He is the greatest footballer ever. And I would like the debate to end on this. Enough”
He still doesn’t walk well after the mocking injury in March: Kun Aguero was playing football with friends – because that passion never abandons you – and injured his Achilles tendon. Despite the fatigue and suffering, however, he wanted to participate in the most dynamic World Cup ever as a commentator for ESPN. On Tuesday he was obviously at the Kansas City stadium for Argentina’s debut. And his lifelong friend, Lionel Messi.
enthusiasm
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Aguero, who was born in 1988 and is therefore a year younger than Ten, is particularly emotional at the end of the match when he passes into the area reserved for the press: “What can I say? You all saw what happened. I have goosebumps, it was an impressive emotion. I stopped a while ago, he is still the strongest of all. I hope they continue to say that he has reached the end so he will give us joy in America too. With him everything is possible. I would want to go back to playing next to him…”. Before the 3-0 win over Algeria, meanwhile, he was live on the sidelines when Messi came up behind him during the warm-up and gave him an affectionate pat: “There is true friendship between us but I never expected a gesture like that. He was preparing for his world debut and had the foresight to come and say hello to me. How nice.”
betrayal
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But the most significant sentence came during the television broadcast. Already on other occasions, like many colleagues, Aguero had defined Messi as the Goat, the acronym for the greatest of all time, but shunning the comparison with Maradona according to the cultural principle that prevents comparing champions from different eras: after all, he was married to Diego’s daughter, Gianinna… In Kansas City however, carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment together with Carlos Tevez who sat next to him, he stated: “On his debut he immediately scored three goals. Lio is the greatest footballer ever. And I would like the debate to end.” The marriage between Aguero and Gianinna Maradona, from which their son Benjamin was born, ended in 2012. The technical feeling between Sergio known as Kun and Messi apparently will never end.
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