Diego Simeone Has Not Been Able to Accept Diego Maradona’s Departure

DBasia.news – Diego Simeone still finds it difficult to accept the news of Diego Maradona’s departure ahead of his team, Atletico Madrid, will face Lokomotiv Moscow.

Maradona died at the age of 60 on Wednesday (25/11), suspected of having a heart attack.

The news of Maradona’s death emerged before Atletico faced Lokomotiv Moscow in the Champions League. The match ends in a goalless draw.

Simeone played alongside Diego Mardona in the national team at the 1994 World Cup. Simeone has also been a teammate at Sevilla, although only briefly in 1992-93.

“It’s difficult. When they call you on the phone and tell you that Diego has died, you think, ‘Diego can’t die’,” Simeone said as quoted by Goal.

“A myth leaves us, an Argentine who transmits all his rebellion to fight with the positives and negatives, but always advances. The way to get excited about playing football is to see it.”

“He welcomed me in a spectacular way at Sevilla, I was young. When they told you about this situation you said, ‘That’s not possible, he can always stay.”

“This time he can’t, but he will always be with us, especially with Argentina, he is a myth and it gives us a lot of sadness and emptiness.”