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Diego Maradona did 'everything better and bigger, but fell more dangerously and darker'

November 26, 2020. Summarized by summa-bot.

Dawn had barely broken and already the queue of people waiting to pay their respects to Diego Maradona, who was lying in honor at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, was estimated to be more than a mile long.

(CNN)Dawn had barely broken and already the queue of people waiting to pay their respects to Diego Maradona, who was lying in honor at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, was estimated to be more than a mile long.

The impact of Maradona's passing, however, will be felt for many years to come in Argentina.

Maradona was Argentina's "Golden Boy," unquestionably the greatest player of his generation and one of the greatest in the game's history.

READ: Diego Maradona lying in honor at Argentina's presidential palace

"Definitely the images of the young, able Maradona dribbling, kicking the ball up in the air, smiling, training to music will prevail and they will be played over and over on a loop," Mora y Araujo says.

With his death, millions of Argentines have lost a link to a glorious past, one in which they and Maradona ruled the world of football.

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