The 24-year-old scored the all-important equaliser away at Udinese on Thursday night which sealed the club’s first Serie A title since the days of Diego Maradona 33 years ago.
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Coach Spalletti explained that it is the club’s fans who deserve this joy the most after 33 years of waiting
It looks only a matter of time before Luciano Spalletti’s rampant side secure a Scudetto dreamed of by Napoli fans since the days of Diego Maradona.
Messi reached the landmark in the Group C game against Poland in Doha where Argentina had to avoid defeat in order not to be eliminated.
The shirt, which sold for $9.3 million to a secret buyer, has been loaned to Qatar’s 3-2-1 sports museum and will go on display from Sunday until April 1.
The Tango D10S – a 12-seater financed by an Argentine fintech company – is designed as a flying museum in tribute to the former World Cup winner, who died of a heart attack in November 2020.
It is the highest price ever paid for a piece of sports memorabilia.
Maradona was allegedly wrongly treated, leading to eight defendants charged with manslaughter an offence liable to 25 years in prison if convicted.
Maradona’s number 10 shirt has been owned for the past 35 years by the former England midfielder Steve Hodge, after the two players swapped shirts at the end of the quarterfinal between Argentina and England.
Lawyer Angelo Pisani said that Hugo Maradona died of a heart attack at the age of 52.
The match, struck in tribute to Argentine great Diego Maradona, will be played in Saudi Arabia at the Mrsool Park stadium.
The accused – which include Maradona’s neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and psychologist Carlos Diaz – face eight to 25 years in prison if found guilty.
The Argentinian football star died in November last year, sending shockwaves through the football-loving country and around the world.
Maradona drove the 1992 silver Porsche 911 to and from training and matches when he was playing for Spanish club Sevilla in the 1992-93 season, his last in Europe, after serving a 15-month ban over a failed drugs test.
Maradona died of a heart attack last month and was buried on November 26 in a cemetery just outside Buenos Aires
The soccer legend sat at a table in front of a half-full glass of beer and a bottle of pills as he sang out of chorus with a friend.
My friend wasted no time is declaring that for him, it is and always will be Maradona. He spoke about the Argentine’s prodigious talent, talked about his imagination and gushed, above all, about his artistry and genius.
Adepoju in his tribute in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, said that the late football icon was only able to outwit his teammates during the World Cup showdown when they lost concentration.
Messi, 33, celebrated a powerful strike against Osasuna on Sunday by taking off his home shirt to reveal a 1993 Newell’s Old Boys top in homage to his hero, who passed away aged 60 last week.
Marca reported Sunday that a judge in Buenos Aires had ordered the arrest of Dr. Leopoldo Luque and issued a warrant for police to search his house and clinic.