A number of former Argentina internationals from the 1978 and 1986 World Cup squads as well as FIFA President Gianni Infantino commemorated Diego Maradona on the second anniversary of his death.
“It’s a privilege of my generation to have shared his greatest moment with him,” said former Argentina international Jorge Valdano at the South American Football Confederation’s Conmebol office in Doha. Valdano was the Albiceleste’s top scorer after Maradona at the 1986 World Cup.
“I wish we could celebrate Diego Armando Maradona in one day at every World Cup from now on. There are few who have done as much for football as he has,” said Infantino. “We would have loved to have Diego with us at this World Cup, but he is in our hearts.”
Maradona died of a heart attack on November 25, 2020 in a private residential complex north of Buenos Aires at the age of 60. A few weeks earlier he had undergone brain surgery.
According to the investigators, massive mistakes had been made in the home care of the former top athlete, who was seriously ill. His doctors and nurses are likely to face manslaughter charges in late 2023 or early 2024.