See What Chelsea, Barcelona, Man United, Others Said About Death Of Diego Maradona

Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Arsenal have reacted to the death of Diego Maradona.

 

News Rain Nigeria gathered that the top European football clubs in their different ways expressed sadness over the death of the Argentine and football legend.

Chelsea Football Club in a tweet via its Twitter handle described Maradona as a ‘master’ of football.

The London side tweeted, “A genius of his art. A master of our game. One of the all-time greats. Rest in peace, Diego Maradona.

 

What Chelsea, Barcelona, Man United, Others Said About Death Of Diego Maradona

 

Also reacting to the death, the Spanish giant, Barcelona Football Club tweeted:
“Thank you for everything, Diego. FC Barcelona expresses its deepest condolences regarding the death of Diego Armando Maradona, a player for our club (1982-84) and an icon of world football. Rest in peace Diego.”

In its own reaction, the Manchester United Football Club of England wrote via its Tweeter handle: “Football has lost one of its greatest icons. Rest in peace, Diego Maradona.”

 

Another English side, Arsenal FC on its part wrote on Twitter, “One of the greatest to play the game. Inspiration across the world. A huge loss to the football family. RIP, Diego.”

Similarly, Real Madrid CF of Spain said, “Real Madrid CF, its President and its Board of Directors deeply regret the passing of world football legend Diego Armando Maradona.

 

“Real Madrid would like to express its condolences to his family and friends, to his clubs, and to all football fans, especially the Argentines.”

Note that Diego Armando Maradona born 30 October 1960  was an Argentine professional football player and manager. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.

 

Maradona’s vision, passing, ball control, and dribbling skills were combined with his small stature (1.65 meters (5 ft 5 in)), which gave him a low center of gravity allowing him to maneuver better than most other football players; he would often dribble past multiple opposing players on a run. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team’s general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition.

 

In addition to his creative abilities, he possessed an eye for goal and was known to be a free-kick specialist. A precocious talent, Maradona was given the nickname “El Pibe de Oro” (“The Golden Kid”), a name that stuck with him throughout his career

He died of a heart attack on Wednesday at his Buenos Aires home in Argentina.