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Argentine football legend Diego Maradona is laid to rest after a simple religious ceremony attended by family and close friends in the leafy surrounds of the Bella Vista cemetery outside the capital. IMAGES
Naples, Italy, Nov 26 (EFE), (Camera: Álvaro Padilla).- The stay-at-home measures in place to stem the spread of Covid-19 were largely ignored in Naples on Thursday by crowds that gathered in the street to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, who has an almost godlike status for many in the Italian city. Dozens of fans congregated in front of the giant murals of the late soccer star, who died from a heart attack aged 60 on Wednesday, in the Spanish quarter in the city center.The vigils took place despite a partial-lockdown order in the Campania region in a bid to bring down high Covid-19 infection rates. FOOTAGE OF FANS PAYING TRIBUTE TO MARADONA.
Flowers, photographs and other tributes are laid in front of Naples' San Paolo stadium in homage to deceased Argentine football star Diego Maradona who died yesterday at the age of 60. Few places will mourn the death of Diego Maradona as much as Naples, the downtrodden, gritty Italian city that clasped the troubled Argentine to its heart at his time of need and was repaid with the best years of perhaps the greatest footballer to ever play the game. IMAGES
Argentina is famous for excellent beef, tantalizing tango, and producing some of the most famous football players in history. Lionel Messi, perhaps one of the best footballers of our generation, has attained such a high level of respect across the world that the administration of Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city, has decided to honor the striker by unveiling a statue which immortalizes the living legend in bronze.
Rome, March 25 (EFE), (Camera: Álvaro Padilla).- Diego Armando Maradona Junior, son of the Argentine soccer legend, acquired Argentine nationality on Thursday in Rome.Diego Jr remembered his father and said that getting an Argentinian passport was a dream come true.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA JUNIOR:"My dream came true today. The dream of getting Argentine nationality so I will never forget this day because is special.""Having this passport at home is going to be a great joy. It means a lot of things, it means identifying myself with my people even more.""He was not only football, he was joy, generally speaking. We live in a time when it is difficult to find people who give you joy."
Diego Maradona's daughters Giannina and Dalma join a protest over the Argentina football legend's death. A panel of 20 experts recently began a debate into the cause of death to determine if there was negligence on the part of health care professionals. IMAGES
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