God in the grass and mud: when Maradona helped a sick child in Naples – Videos

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video" /> Maradona grew up in a humble neighborhood in Buenos Aires and never denied his origins. In 1984, while playing in Naples, the father of a sick child proposed to the Neapolitan club to play a charity game to raise funds that the family did not have to pay for the operation that the boy needed. The Neapolitan club did not accept, only that the request reached the ears of ‘El Pibe’ and he himself organized the match in a field in a deprived neighborhood of the city. With crowded benches, a muddy field and after doing the warm-up … in the car park, Maradona gave a show and scored two goals. [Vídeo: Twitter]

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