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The footballing world, still reeling from the loss of Diego Maradona, continued paying homage to the Argentine legend. The cover picture of Spanish sports daily Marca yesterday portrayed Lionel Messi’s tribute to his icon. Messi, like Maradona, has played for both Barcelona and Newell’s Old Boys. The current Barcelona skipper removed his shirt to reveal the red and black of the Rosario club before pointing to the sky, dedicating his goal against Osasuna in a La Liga encounter on Sunday. PHOTO: TWITTER
ETERNAL DIEGO
Meanwhile, Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne, following his side’s 4-0 win over AS Roma, laid a floral wreath in front of a poster of Maradona at the Stadio San Paolo, which is all but set to be renamed as Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. PHOTO: TWITTER
The most emotional tribute of all, though, came in the game between Boca Juniors and Newell’s Old Boys in the Copa Diego Maradona 2020 championship -- the Argentine championship renamed after the death of the legend, with Diego’s daughter Dalma watching from her father’s box under a poster with the words ‘Eternal Diego’.verhead. PHOTO: TWITTER
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