Diego Maradona Dies at 60
It is a sad news for the whole world of football as football legend Diego Maradona passes on. It is indeed a tough one for everyone who is a lover of football. November 25th will forever be remembered for the exit of the football legend Diego Maradona. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home.
He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier this month November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency. Diego Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in the quarter-finals.
The Argentine Football Association expressed expressed their shock on social media as they wrote: “its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend”, adding: “You will always be in our hearts.”

They have declared a three days of national mourning across the country for the football icon. Alberto Fernandez, the president of Argentina, said: “You took us to the top of the world. You made us immensely happy. You were the greatest of them all.” He also said: “Thank you for having existed, Diego. We’re going to miss you all our lives.”
Diego Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side. He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, in all his appearances for them he helped them win four World Cups. Maradona led his country to the 1990 final in Italy, where they were beaten by West Germany, before captaining them again in the United States in 1994, but was sent home after failing a drugs test for ephedrine.
During the second half of his career, Maradona struggled with cocaine addiction and was banned for 15 months after testing positive for the drug in 1991. He retired from professional football in 1997, on his 37th birthday, during his second stint at Argentine giants Boca Juniors. He has managed two sides in Argentina during his playing career.

Diego Maradona was appointed head coach of the national team in 2008 and left after the 2010 World Cup, where his side were beaten by Germany in the quarter-finals 4-0.
He subsequently managed teams in the United Arab Emirates and Mexico and was in charge of Gimnasia y Esgrima in Argentina’s top flight at the time of his death. It was recorded that he died earlier this evening in the hospital when he was receiving treatment.