Argentine league restarts with tributes to football legend Diego Maradona

BUENOS AIRES: The Argentine league restarted on Saturday following the country’s emotional goodbye to football legend Diego Maradona, with players, coaches, and referees expressing their love and gratitude to the nation’s best-known soccer star.

The main domestic competition was renamed the Diego Maradona Cup, and games in the first stage of group matches kicked off across the country after a minute’s applause from those present in the fan-free stadiums.

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Referees wore shirts with “Gracias Diego” emblazoned on the back, and players dedicated goals to the former World Cup star. The club that Maradona coached at the time of his death, Gimnasia y Esgrima, took to the field wearing shirts with Maradona 10 on the back and were filmed chanting his name in the dressing room after their 1-0 win over Velez Sarsfield.

It needs mention here that Argentina football great Diego Maradona passed away at the age of 60 on Wednesday after suffering a massive heart attack. Maradona spent the prominent years of his playing career in Naples, for whom he scored 81 goals in 181 league appearances.

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