This November 25, 2021 was a special day for all football lovers. Exactly one year ago, the legend Diego Maradona left us following a cardiac arrest at his home in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. A sudden and unexpected death which plunged an entire country into utter disarray. Real idol, sort of demigod for Argentines, the one we nicknamed el pibe de oro (the golden kid) will have marked the history of football and his country for decades.
A fascinating character, capable of all excesses, Diego Maradona has been talked about a lot during his lifetime, but also since his death. If the proceedings concerning the circumstances of his death and his succession continue, another very surprising element has just been revealed. According to journalist and doctor Nelson Castro, author of the book Diego’s health: the real story, supporters of the club Gimnasia, the last team coached by the former player who left at the age of 60, made a rather insane gesture. Invited on the set of a show in Argentina, he revealed that the heart of the icon had been preserved after his death.
Information that gave ideas to these supporters very attached to their former coach. “There was a group of barras bravas from Gimnasia who planned to break in and remove the heart (editor’s note, from Maradona)”, he reveals in remarks reported by the Spanish media Marca, before explaining that this mischief was not possible. “It never came to fruition because it was an act of tremendous daring. As we had detected that this was going to happen, we extracted his heart, but also to study him, because his heart was very important in determining the cause of Maradona’s death “, he specifies.
A very astonishing information unveiled by Nelson Castro, which shows once again the frenzy that exists around Diego Maradona.