Request made for Argentina national team to take Diego Maradona's heart with them to World Cup in Qatar
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ByEurosport
Published 25/03/2022 at 17:23 GMT
Diego Maradona died at the age of 60 in November 2020, and there has been a request made for the Argentina national team to take his heart with them to the Qatar World Cup later this year. Argentina have not won the World Cup since Maradona inspired them to victory in 1986. He scored the famous Hand of God goal against England.
Maradona.
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A request has been made for the Argentina national team to travel to the World Cup in Qatar with the heart of Diego Maradona.
Argentina have not won the World Cup since Maradona inspired the nation to victory in Mexico in 1986.
Maradona died of a heart attack in November 2020 at the age of 60, and his heart is currently at the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Buenos Aires Police, guarded by strong security measures to avoid any chance of theft.
And an advertising agency and a public relations company want the national team to take Maradona’s heart with them to the tournament later this year.
"We want to fulfil what we feel would be his wish, we want Maradona's heart to travel with the national team to Qatar," a joint-statement from both companies, Bombay and SBO, said. "That he travels with them, that he be in the [training] camp, in a room, on the bus, in the locker room, on the pitch and if God and Diego want, seven games later, next to the long-awaited cup.
"It's our dream, and we want it to be everyone's dream from today."
Bombay executive Javier Mentasti added: "Can you imagine Diego's heart taking off on the plane with the national team to Qatar, to be in the national team's locker room and in the pre-game talks?
"Perhaps it's a dream but we want to make it a reality."
There has been no comment from the Argentine FA or Maradona’s family.
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