Argentines honored soccer icon Diego Maradona on Friday, the second anniversary of his death, including with a huge new painting of the striker in the center of Buenos Aires, hoping to spur the national team ahead of a must-win World Cup game.
The South American country, which idolizes Maradona almost as a demigod, plays Mexico on Saturday in a make-or-break match after the team led by star player Lionel Messi fell to a shock 2-1 defeat against Saudi Arabia earlier this week.
Argentine urban artist Alfredo Segatori made an 11-meter high painting of Maradona, portraying him smiling, sporting a local Boca Juniors shirt and the Argentine flag, the World Cup trophy hanging from an earring, and wearing a turban in reference to 2022 World Cup in Qatar. "I hope reaches the national team and motivates them for Saturday," 52-year-old Segatori said. The gold framed painting shows Maradona as a regular fan supporting the team. "We all want him to be there cheering."A general view of a mural depicting Argentine soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona made by artist Martin Ron, a day before the second anniversary of Maradona's death on November 25, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2022.
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