Maradona’s magic played more for Gimnasia than for Boca

A Luis Miguel Rodriguez they tell him The flea. He is 36 years old and everyone in Argentine soccer loves him. You know what poverty is. He grew up with nine siblings in a house where only deficiencies abounded, but this fantastic game rescued him. He chose to reward his mischievous talent, well from the neighborhood, and he just made him champion for the first time this year, in Colon. Now play in Gymnastics. This Sunday he kicked in the Candy box the 1-0 victory penalty against Boca, just the day that Diego Maradona would be 61 years old.

Waiting The flea the goalkeeper’s movement and takes a little jump that serves as a pause just before finishing. He always does. The intention is to trick you into pulling first and then releasing it to the other stick. The formula did not fail him Boca. And he celebrated that moment, of course. He ran to the corner flag and kissed her face. Maradona printed on the chest of the shirt. Then he drew the sign of the cross and blew a kiss to heaven …

When Maradona was DT of the National Team, to reward the career of the flea once summoned him for a friendly. Luis Miguel Rodriguez He always remarks that he had a pending account: he never dared to ask for a photo from Diego.

In all Argentine football matches of all categories, the game was stopped at 10 minutes to honor the 10 with a minute of applause, with the music of Rodrigo and its theme The hand of God playing in the background. Of course, in the Candy box it was special. What a paradox, they crossed the team of which Diego He was a fan with whom he gave him the ultimate sporting joy by offering him the chance to coach in his country.

Dalma, the eldest daughter of Fluff, first received on the lawn a huge painting with his dad wearing the jersey of Boca as a gift, while behind his back appeared an image of Diego taking over the complete center circle and yelling a goal with the xeneize shirt. Later, the game followed from the box that Maradona it belongs to. There Dalma in minute 10 he cried. It is that the applause was combined with the lights that turned on and off and with blue and yellow balloons that rose towards the sky holding a Boca 10 T-shirt with the surname of his father. “Maradóoo, MaradóoThey all sang.

“Ole Ole ole, Diegooo, Diegooo”, They repeated.

It seemed like I had to win Gymnastics. Because the penalty was conceived by an unusual foul by the goalkeeper Rossi. Because the team that led Maradona when he died he played almost half an hour with one less player.

Everything Juan roman riquelme from the outside he observed it and suffered it. Is that the vice president of Boca You know your team is missing answers, yes River Today he wins he will take 15 points ahead in the league and that on Wednesday the challenge against Argentinos Juniors for the semifinal of the Argentina Cup.

Everything happened almost at the same time that the 10 was also honored at the stadium of Argentinos Juniors, the first professional club in Diego. There was a match between the world champions of Mexico 86 and his colleagues from the Cebollitas, the first team the genius played for as a child.

Argentine soccer went out of its way to remember Maradona on his first birthday in heaven, but what bounced the most was what happened on that Candy box that 10 adored. It is that in that temple the magic of Diego this time he did not play for Boca. This time he chose to play for Gymnastics.

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