Argentine football pays tribute to Maradona five years after his passing | OneFootball

Argentinian football paid tribute this Tuesday to the star Diego Armando Maradona, who died five years ago, amidst the family's calls for justice, blaming his medical team for his death.

Maradona passed away at the age of 60 on November 25, 2020, while recovering from neurosurgery at his home in Buenos Aires.

Eight members of the former player's medical team are accused of murder with eventual intent, meaning they were aware that their actions could lead to the patient's death.

“Only those who are forgotten die, and you, Diego, will be remembered by us every day,” published the Argentine national team on social network X, with which Maradona won the World Cup in 1986.

Conmebol also shared on X an image of the idol with the caption “the people do not forget those who made them happy.”

Dozens of clubs and players paid tribute to Maradona with messages and videos on this fifth anniversary of his death.

Boca Juniors, the club of which the star was a fan and where he retired in 1997, published a video showing fans leaving flowers at his statue at the La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires.

“People come and go, days, months, and years pass. Everything passes, except you, who are always here,” said the ‘Xeneize’ in a message.

Argentinos Juniors, the club that revealed Maradona, and Napoli, the Italian club he led to glory in the late 1980s, also paid tribute in social media posts.

Maradona and Justice

Two of Maradona's daughters, Dalma and Giannina, called for “justice” for their father's death, which is being investigated in Argentine courts.

The first trial was annulled in May due to the involvement of one of the judges in a clandestine documentary about the process. The new trial will begin in March next year.

“Dad, you will have the justice you deserve, I promise,” wrote Dalma Maradona on her social media.

The idol's children announced in 2024 the construction of a mausoleum in the center of Buenos Aires where his remains will be transferred.

The space will be open to the public, but the work is suspended until the end of the trial.

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