Iconic footballer Diego Maradona, who led Argentina to victory in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, died after suffering a cardiac arrest Wednesday. He was 60.
Reacting to Maradona’s demise, Hindi cinema superstar Shah Rukh Khan took to his social media handle to pay an emotional tribute. “Diego Maradona….you made football even more beautiful. You will be sorely missed and may you entertain and enthral heaven as you did this world. RIP,” Shah Rukh wrote.
Diego Maradona….you made football even more beautiful. You will be sorely missed and may you entertain and enthral heaven as you did this world. RIP…. pic.twitter.com/PlR2Laxfj2
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) November 25, 2020
Apart from Shah Rukh, many others including Ranveer Singh, Abhishek Bachchan, Esha Deol, Richa Chadha, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Priyanka Chopra and others paid tribute to arguably the greatest footballer of all time.
Maradona underwent surgery November 3 after which his personal doctor Leopoldo Luque said that Maradona was suffering from confusion caused by ‘abstinence’. He, however, recovered enough to leave the hospital and was taken to a house in Tigre, on the northern outskirts of Buenos Aires.
His lawyer Matias Morla said the 1986 FIFA World Cup winner was feeling well after overcoming ‘maybe the toughest time of his life’.
Widely rated as the greatest player of all time, Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. The tournament featured a number of sublime performances from the legendary forward, the most prominent of which came in a semi-final match against England and has since been dubbed ‘Goal of the Century’. He scored after going on a 60-yard run with the ball from midfield, dribbling past six English players.
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