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He November 25, 2020 It is a date that will be marked forever in football fans. That day, at 60 and due to heart failure, Diego Armando Maradona died, for many the best player in the world. Throughout the country, his departure was mourned and hundreds of fans came to the Casa Rosada to say goodbye to him in tears and with the number “10″ shirts.
Diego’s legacy continues and remains alive in his memorable sporting actions and especially in his children, Dalma, Giannina, Diego Junior, Jana and Dieguito Fernando. In the last few hours, meanwhile, fans found an unexpected gift. They went viral on social media. a series of photos from his childhood, when he took his first steps with the ball at his feet with Cebollitas. Although there is not much information about the images, the mere fact that they appeared deeply moved fans.
Diego Maradona’s photos that revolutionized social media (Photo: X @WalterRotundo)Diego Maradona’s photos that revolutionized social media (Photo: X @WalterRotundo)
On Thursday, X user Walter Rotundo, who according to his profile description is a big fan of Maradonashared a series of black and white photos where you could see a small Maradona, sitting on the grass during a training session. “I don’t know from which drawer these until now never seen photos of the player came out.” ‘Diego Cebollita’. But we are grateful to whoever dusted them off and shared them,” said the man and ended with the phrase “He is a dead man who never stops being born…”, which corresponds to the song “Murguita del Sur” by Bersuit Vergarabat.
In the photos you could see Diego bare-chested, wearing shorts and sneakers in what appeared to be a training session. In three of the images he appeared sitting on the grass with his hands on his bent knees. In a fourth image, meanwhile, he posed with his teammates the Onionsthe children’s category of Argentinos Juniors in which he played from 1969 to 1973.
The photos of Diego Maradona as a child that went viral on X (Photo: X @WalterRotundo)Diego Maradona with his Cebollitas teammates (Photo: X @WalterRotundo)
Likewise, in a second publication the X user added one more photo of the young players along with Francis Cornejowho was the Technical Director of the children’s team, and also the person who “discovered” Diego. “To close this wonderful series of images, one with the creator of the Cebollitas. The second father of Diego and all those kids. Without Francis, there would have been no Maradona,” said the fan. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
Young footballers with their coach, Francis Cornejo (Photo: X @WalterRotundo)
Although the date of the photos could not be determined, as Diego played with the Paternal team’s youth teams between 1969 and 1973, the soccer player would have been between 9 and 13 years old at the time they were taken. The publication quickly went viral and X users were quick to react. “How beautiful, thanks for sharing! Diego’s gaze kills me”; “Tremendo” and “El Pibe de Oro”, commented the fans.
The viralized images reached Dalma Maradona. Diego’s daughter shared in her stories on Instagram some additional postcards from her father that correspond to the same photo album and added some pink hearts to the images. This reflected her excitement and also that she knew what this could mean for his father’s fans.
Dalma Maradona added postcards of her father when he was little (Photo: Instagram @dalmamaradona)Dalma noticed the similarities between her father and her nephew, Benjamín Agüero (Photo: Instagram @dalmamaradona)Diego’s daughter shared other photos from the same time ( Photo: Instagram @dalmamaradona)
But that was not all. In one of the photos she noticed the similarities between a little Diego and Benjamin Aguerohis sister’s son Giannina Maradona y Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero“Is Benja you?” he commented when he noticed a similarity between grandfather and grandson. Without a doubt, it was a sequence of images that moved all “10” fans.
THE NATION
2024-06-28 17:29:00
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