What Pele Said About Diego Maradona’s Death

Pele, a Brazilian soccer legend, has expressed sadness over the death of Diego Maradona, an Argentine superstar.

Infoexpert24 had reported earlier that Maradona died of heart attack on Wednesday at his Buenos Aires home at aged 60.

“Certainly, one day we’ll kick a ball together in the sky above,” he said in a terse statement to Reuters.

Before his death, Maradona, a midfield maestro had a surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November.

The Argentine Football Association expressed its “deepest sorrow for the death of our legend”.

“You will always be in our hearts”, the FA added.

Meanwhile, the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has declared a three-day mourning period.

“You took us to the top of the world. You made us immensely happy. You were the greatest of them all. Thank you for having existed, Diego. We’re going to miss you all our lives”, he said.

Before his death, Maradona played for Barcelona and Napoli. He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for his country, Argentina, and featured in four World Cups.

Diego Maradona was captain when his country won the 1986 World Cup.