World Soccer

Part Three: ARGENTINA SAYS FAREWELL

“There is only one Diego,” said Carlos Tevez, a week after Maradona died. “Diego is God.”

Tevez, one of the many Argentine players to have once been labelled “The Next Maradona”, had just scored Boca Juniors’ winning goal in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores tie with Brazil’s Internacional. The club captain controlled the ball in the area, swivelled and scored, and then as the team celebrated, lifted his No.10 shirt to reveal shirt once worn by the.

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