The daughters of the former player were interviewed from Miami, where the team managed by Scaloni will play the last match of the group stage.
June 29, 2024, 00:18 a.m.
The daughters of “Diego” spoke about the relationship their father had with the current captain of the Argentine team. (Video: eltrece. Photo: TN/Diego Spairani)
In the run-up to the match between Argentina and Peru for the Copa América, Dalma and Gianinna Maradona spoke with Telenoche (eltrece). During the interview, they talked about their father, Diego Maradona, the relationship with Lionel Messi and the Argentine National Team.
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“The players always remember my dad, he will always be there. My dad is the Argentine National Team,” said the youngest daughter of Diego and Claudia Villafañe. “Seeing that children who never saw him play love him is exciting, it is passed on from parents to children. It is exciting that the players, his teammates and the people remember him, that love comes to us from all sides and fills us with pride,” explained her sister.
Diego coached La Pulga during his time with the Argentine National Team. (Photo: Instagram/@leomessi)
When talking about her children, the eldest of the Maradona spoke and commented: “Roma was able to meet him and she was very little, but they both know perfectly well who their Babu is, Benja gave him that nickname. He is very crazy because every time they see him on a flag or on television they go crazy. My youngest daughter, who is two years old, recognizes it in all her seasons. He is very beautiful “.
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Regarding the relationship between Lionel Messi and the former coach, Dalma said: “My father always loved Leo.” Gianinna added: “They are words of love and respect, that he can express what he feels for my father is beautiful.”
“My dad loved Leo very much,” Dalma said. (Photo: Instagram/@leomessi)
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“When they try to confront them, we know that they loved each other a lot. They recently showed me a video where my dad, before the World Cup, told him ‘don’t worry Leo, you don’t have to prove anything to anyone, you’re going to be the best in the world’. That speaks to the relationship they had. We will always want him and the National Team to do well,” Dalma concluded.
2024-06-29 01:41:35
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