{"id":107649,"date":"2020-11-26T11:14:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T05:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=107649"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T07:44:00","slug":"diego-maradona-death-messi-pele-ronaldo-ganguly-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/diego-maradona-death-messi-pele-ronaldo-ganguly-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego is eternal: Messi, Ronaldo, Pele pay homage to football legend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Argentina captain Lionel Messi has expressed sadness over the death of his former coach Diego Maradona, who died following a heart attack on Wednesday following surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. Taking to Instagram, Messi said the passing away of Maradana was a sad event for the beautiful game. He said Maradona is leaving us but not going because he is eternal. While offering condolences to family and friends of the late footballer, Messi said he will cherish his memories forever. Messi was part of the Argentina team that played the 2010 World Cup under Maradona’s managership in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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