One of the most difficult days for football fans in Argentina and that today continues to generate suspicions.
31 years after The most shocking moments that Argentine football livedit still hurts to remember the day Diego Armando Maradona It was set out from United States World Cup 1994. His last game with the Albiceleste left a brand that goes beyond sport and remains in popular memory as an open wound.
The image of fluff holding hand by a nurse became a symbol of an unexpected farewell. The news of Doping He shook the squad, to the coaching staff and millions of fans who could not believe what they listened. It was the abrupt end of an era, which did not deserve the people, nor the group and much less the star born in Villa Fiorito.
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Roberto Peidró’s truth about one of the most remembered football moments
Roberto Peidróthe Argentine doctor in charge of the counter -test, said that from the beginning there were irregularities in the process. Said the sample “It was already contaminated” and? He asked to cancel it for not complying with protocol standards. However, his claim was dismissed and the positive result was firm.
Maradona, according to Peidró, cried disconsolate. “My legs cut me”he told him when he learned of the result. Diego believed he had taken a supplement to lose weight, without knowing that he contained prohibited substances. For him, It was a betrayal and an injusticea sanction that left him out of the soccer field and also the World Cup.
The blow was deep: The team lost its leader at the most important moment. Maradona was not only the captain, it was the soul of that group. His absence felt inside and outside the locker room.
The controversial investigation of FIFA and Diego Maradona’s reaction
The FIFA acted with speed and determination: immediate suspension and sanction not to play football in a professional way for 15 months. Argentina, who had begun the tournament with illusion and good performance, was left without his most important figure. The collective dream broke in seconds. Finally, they would fall eliminated by the Romania of GHEORGHE HAGI.
Maradona never accepted the punishment without questioning it. “They killed me, I started my dream”he said in a press conference commotion. He insisted that he had not been on purpose and that he was the victim of disproportionate punishment. For many, even today, The treatment he received was more political than sports.
Source: Ambito
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