Martín Palermo couldn’t hold back his tears when he remembered Diego Maradona | VIDEO

This November 25 will mark a year since the death of Diego Armando Maradona, the Argentine star who delighted the world with his great football performances. The sadness that his departure generated is still notorious, as happened with Martín Palermo, who could not contain the tears when he remembered it.

During an interview for TNT Sports, the now coach was consulted about the departure of the ‘Pibe de Oro’ and only expressed emotional words. “It is something that cannot be accepted. I have no words about what Diego is to me … he is everything”, Were the words of the ex-footballer before the cameras.

“For me, seeing him in a photo hurts my soul. It is an immense pain. I am like that, very sentimental. You name me Diego and it’s as if a part of me is missing“Added Martín Palermo, notoriously moved and with a broken voice, while some tears fell down his cheek.

“I have that feeling like when my son left too. They are two people that I miss a lot and from the sentimental, I always have them present“Added the former Boca Juniors striker. The fans of ‘Xeneize’ were moved by the scene, which they manifested with publications on social networks.

Dalma, daughter of Diego Maradona, did not hesitate to express herself after seeing Martín Palermo cry. “Love this man forever”He wrote on his Twitter account.

Palermo, architect of the remembered celebration of Maradona

In the Qualifiers for South Africa 2010, Martín Palermo scored an agonizing goal against Peru, which was key to Argentina’s qualification for the World Cup. Diego Maradona, at that time the coach of the ‘Albiceleste’, celebrated with a popcorn on the lawn of the Monumental Stadium, in the middle of a copious rain. The celebration was engraved in the memory of the fans.