Diego Maradona - In Memoriam

Diego Maradona, I never knew you,
but you were from my generation,
only five years younger than I.
How young to have to die! How young to me it seems!
You – who were one of the greatest of the greats!
You – who controlled the football; you were its master.
“El Pibe de Oro,” 
always you will be remembered.
Golden Boy of Argentina -
whose famous goal was 
the “Hand of God,”
may you to God now homeward fly.

Dec. 8, 2020
for the Maradona Obituary Poetry Contest of Mohan Chutani
(edit made to one of the lines on Dec. 10)

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Date: 12/26/2020 3:21:00 AM
Andrea, thanks for participating in my contest and congrats on your placement. You beautifully captured Maradona's popularity and contributions to soccer. Best. Mohan
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/26/2020 6:28:00 PM
thanks so much for this win, Mohan.
Date: 12/10/2020 4:29:00 AM
Beautiful tribute to a great soccer player Andrea, best wishes
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Date: 12/9/2020 8:30:00 PM
I bet this was a difficult one to write! Best wishes in the contest.
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Date: 12/9/2020 9:24:00 AM
Hi Andrea, lovely tribute to footballer Maradona, he was an icon so loved by his people and the President had him lying in state at his presidential palace, he made sure he was given a royal funeral. Good luck in the contest my friend. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer
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Date: 12/8/2020 11:38:00 PM
He had his good and his bad, but I will not judge him. ~~
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Date: 12/8/2020 3:32:00 PM
I love this tribute to Maradona, Andrea!!
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Date: 12/8/2020 3:09:00 PM
Dear Andrea to most soccer adoring fans Diego is a hero to them, for others he was known for cheating and using his hand to score a goal in a World Cup Game. It was known as the Hand of God goal. You cannot touch the ball with your hand, its a big no no. He is also known as a friend of Fidel Castro and supported the Communist dictator and leaned toward being a communist. He was admired by many and things being said he was one of the best players in the world. Argentina won the world cup (cont)
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Michael Tor
Date: 12/9/2020 5:18:00 PM
Andrea Maradona did commit a foul by using his hand to punch the ball into the apposing teams net. It should have been a foul and ruled not a goal. The referee did not see him do that so he ruled that a goal was scored. After reviewing the video of the game the world saw what he had done. It was a terrible way of winning that game. The people loved him so much they called the incident the hand of God...
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/8/2020 5:05:00 PM
I could have sworn hand of God was a "foul" and not a goal. Now I am all mixed up.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/8/2020 5:04:00 PM
ha!! I read about the hand of God and I thought it was a GOOD thing. Oh well, live and learn!!! yes, I read about the drugs. Must be why he died young.
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Michael Tor
Date: 12/8/2020 3:19:00 PM
It is sad when someone of his magnitude dies. The soccer world was schocked. I in my early years played professional soccer my cousin from Spain is Fernando Torres who played on the Spanish world Cup team that won the world cup. Lionel Messi the current Best player ever, in my opinion honored Maradona when scoring a goal and taking his soccer shirt off. Underneath his shirt was Maradona's original shirt that was given to Lionel from Diego. He Messi, pointed up to the sky suggesting this goal is for you. Thank you for posting Andrea honoring One of the best...
Date: 12/8/2020 12:51:00 PM
a lovely tribute Andrea:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 12/8/2020 12:14:00 PM
Great tribute you wrote, Andrea. May he rest in peace.
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Date: 12/8/2020 11:35:00 AM
A great footballer, although he did cheat. You did a very good poem for this contest.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/8/2020 1:37:00 PM
I wouldn't know , S. O. I had to research him online to know anything about him.
Date: 12/8/2020 11:15:00 AM
Hi Andrea, This is a good tribute in honor of Maradona. To be honest prior to this contest I wasn’t familiar with him. What I found out through google he was very talented footballer. And he battled with addiction. He was too young to die. Best wishes in the contest:-) Alexis
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Date: 12/8/2020 11:07:00 AM
Lovely tribute Andrea, he was indeed a fine footballer. Tom
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