DBasia.news – Diego Maradona’s greatness as a football player cannot be doubted. This is evident from the emergence of a religion that worships the Argentine player.
The football public has mourned after Diego Maradona died of heart disease. The player who was famous for the hand of god goal died at the age of 60.
Previously, Maradona was in the spotlight after his health deteriorated due to a problem in the brain. Then, Maradona underwent surgery as his condition gotten worse. However, fate has said otherwise.
It is interesting to see Maradona’s life as a football player. Even though he doesn’t have as many achievements as Messi, the impact that Maradona has made is huge.
Maradona is like a god in Napoli. Meanwhile, in Argentina, Maradona was the hero behind the 1986 World Cup title.
Maradona also inspired the birth of a new religion in his hometown, Rosario, Argentina. The religion, named Iglesia Maradoniana, was founded by three Maradona fans, namely Alejandro Veron, Hernan Amez, and Hector Campomar in 1998.
According to 90min’s report, the Maradona Church has made the birthday of the star (October 30) as Christmas. Then, on June 22 which was the date Maradona scored the Hand of God goal at the 1986 World Cup was made Easter.
“In fact, the church is not what many people think. The church is not a building, but a group of people who are loyal to Maradona. When we talk about football, it’s always about Maradona,” explained Amez to ESPN in 2018.
Uniquely, new congregation candidates who wish to join must be baptized by imitating the moment of the hand of god in the World Cup.
The followers of Iglesia Maradoniana have 10 rules that must be carried out, namely:
1. The ball must not be dirty
2. Love football more than anything
3. Give unconditional love to Diego Maradona and football
4. Maintain the Argentina national team jersey
5. Spread the word of Diego Maradona all over
6. Respect the stadium where Maradona plays and his holy jersey
7. Don’t mention Maradona as a player of any club
8. Spread the principles of Iglesia Maradoniana
9. Make Diego their middle name and first son’s name
10. Don’t run away from reality and be useless