Diego Maradona’s solo objective towards England was a part of the Copa America tribute to him.© AFP
Ahead of Argentina’s opening match in the 2021 Copa America towards Chile, a wonderful tribute was paid to the late soccer legend Diego Maradona. There was a light-and-effects tribute on the Estadio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro earlier than kick-off, with a holographic picture of Diego Maradona showing and doing kick-ups. A video of him scoring his iconic solo objective towards England within the 1986 World Cup was additionally performed, and the tribute ending with an image of the Argentine legend balancing the ball on his head, and written above it — ‘1960 to infinity’.
GRACIAS, DIEGO!
Emotivo homenaje al astro Diego Armando Maradona en la CONMEBOL #CopaAmérica
Eterno !#VibraElContinente pic.twitter.com/vHKGeXugKm
– Copa América (@CopaAmerica) June 14, 2021
Maradona died last November, on the age of 60.
The match led to a 1-1 draw as Lionel Messi’s gorgeous free kick was not sufficient to present La Albiceleste the three factors towards Chile.
Messi’s magical left foot gave dominant Argentina a deserved first half lead however Eduardo Vargas equalised within the second half after Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saved veteran midfielder Arturo Vidal’s penalty.
Messi lamented that “we weren’t calm, we didn’t have control of the ball.”
“We deserved to win but in the end we drew. In any case, it’s only the start of a very tough tournament,” Argentina supervisor Lionel Scaloni mentioned.
The Copa was attributable to happen final yr however was delayed by 12 months because of the coronavirus.
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It was additionally switched from unique hosts Argentina and Colombia to Brazil on the eleventh hour because of the pandemic scenario within the former and social unrest within the latter.
Brazil’s well being ministry issued a press release on Monday saying 31 members of the enjoying delegations, together with gamers and employees, examined constructive for the coronavirus on Sunday, with out giving additional particulars.
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