Maradona-Pelè: Stefano Ceci reveals historic tale on Diego’s day | OneFootball

Stefano Ceci, longtime manager of Diego Armando Maradona, spoke this morning on STILETV, on Raffaele Auriemma’s program ‘Salite Sulla Giostra’, remembering the greatest player of all time on the anniversary of his passing.

Maradona-Pelé, Ceci on STILETV: “Pelé was supposed to award him, but Diego gave the prize back to him“

The historic manager of Diego Armando Maradona, Stefano Ceci, was a guest of Raffaele Auriemma on his show ‘Salite sulla giostra’, where D10S was remembered on the anniversary of his death, which occurred on November 25, 2020. Here are the manager’s words:

“I went to make a flower arrangement for Diego to pay tribute to him on this special day. Even children who never saw him play talk about Maradona because he was, is, and will always be. I go back 27 years, to when in an interview Cantona said that if in music we talk about Mozart, in football we will always talk about Maradona. Here in Naples, it’s a love that’s unimaginable in other cities, even in Buenos Aires itself.”

He continued:

“The love with Naples will be infinite because Maradona was one of us, one more Neapolitan. The phrase on the statue in the locker rooms, ‘I am Neapolitan too’, Diego told me to put it there. Maradona took the slaps off our faces. He was the leader. People keep loving someone who gave so much. I experienced both Diego the man and Maradona the footballer. A spectacular person, incredibly quick-witted, and he knew everything.”

He then recounted a famous anecdote regarding two legendary champions: Maradona and Pelé:

“In 1986, Maradona was awarded as the best player in the Italian league and was presented the award by Pelé. There was a significant rivalry between the two of them. Pelé was supposed to award him and ‘pass the scepter’ to Maradona. Pelé says, ‘I award you as the best player in the world and I pass you the scepter,’ and Maradona pulls a trick and says he can’t accept the award because the number 1 in the world is you. So Pelé keeps the trophy. Everyone applauds Diego. When the ceremony ended and we asked him why he gave the award back, he replied, ‘Because now at home he has the trophy that says Diego Armando Maradona, best footballer in the world.’”

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