Between Maradona's death in 2020 and the reality that Messi is likely at his last World Cup, Qatar marks an end of an era for Argentina.
Infantino said that at every World Cup going forward will be a day reserved to celebrate Maradona.
Another mural with images of Maradona was put together in Doha not too many kilometers from where Lionel Messi and Argentina were Messi, playing in his fifth World Cup, had told FIFA ahead of the Qatar tournament that it was “strange, different” not to see Maradona in the tribunes or the “people going crazy when he appears.” He said he felt Maradona would always “be present somewhere."
Maradona led Argentina to the title in 1986, when his hand goal in the quarterfinals against England became one of the greatest — and most controversial ones — in tournament history. In that same match, he also scored one of the best World Cup goals ever after a run past opponents that began on Argentina’s own field.
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