The Qatar 2022 World Cup is being special in many ways and for many fans, but especially for the Argentina National Team which, during this new edition of the World Cup, suffers the absence, for the first time in the stands, of one of the most great football legends: Diego Maradona.
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The soccer star who brought so much joy to the fans of the ‘Albiceleste’ died on November 25, 2020 due to a cardiorespiratory arrest, but his memory is still latent in the hearts, memories and memories of football lovers, family and friends.
Although Maradona’s absence at the Qatar 2022 World Cup did not go unnoticed, as he received a heartfelt tribute from Fifa on November 25, The reality is that for Gianinna Maradona, daughter of the Argentine number 10, this was not enough. Apparently, she expected something more from the team led by Lionel Messi.
“Good Brazil, paying homage to your idol!” Wrote the youngest daughter of the deceased Argentine soccer player after the Brazilian team beat the South Korean National Team in their passage to the quarterfinals and, as a tribute, displayed a banner with the name and photo of one of his greatest idols, Pelé, who is currently in a serious state of health.
🚨 VEJA: Gianinna Maradona, Diego Maradona’s daughter, praised the homage that Brazil gave Pelé and Argentines interpreted as an indirection. pic.twitter.com/5Ooof39rpx
— CHOQUEI (@choquei) December 6, 2022
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“My friends, I would like to inspire you. I will watch the game from the hospital, where I will be rooting for each one of you. We are on this path together”, was the message sent by ‘O Rei’ from the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo -where he is hospitalized for a respiratory infection and treatment for colon cancer-, hours after the duel with South Korea.
Gianinna Maradona’s message, as expected, was interpreted by fans as an attack on the Argentine National Team, because, although at the time of his death, tributes did rain down from players like Lionel Messi, fans, coaches and football managers, In the 2022 Qatar World Cup his name has not been exalted by the ‘Albiceleste’ as the team led by Tite did with the national football legend Pelé.
And yes, the triumph of the Brazilian National Team in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 had a very special dedication. Tribute to Pelé, who has had health complications. FOR OR REI. pic.twitter.com/225QDSkQyX
– Undefeated (@InvictosSomos) December 5, 2022
A heartfelt tribute to Maradona from Fifa
With a life-size statue of Diego Maradona wearing the uniform of the Argentina National Team and holding the World Cup in his hands, the Qatar 2022 World Cup paid a heartfelt tribute to the late footballer on November 25.
(Of interest: Diego Maradona: the eternal memory, two years after his death).
“He has been a great leader in Argentina, in South America and throughout the world. You have to keep celebrating. We would have wanted to be here with Diego in this World Cup, but he is in our hearts. Long live Diego”, affirmed Gianni Infantino, president of Fifa, during the event attended by former Argentine soccer players, the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez, and Claudio Tapia, main head of the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
⭐✨ We remember Diego Armando Maradona 2 years after his departure, in an emotional act that brought together great friends and colleagues that 10 forged throughout his unmatched career. #DiegoEterno 🔟♾#CONMEBOLTreeOfDreams
— CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) November 25, 2022
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