Sports fans often live and die with their teams, but the Boca Juniors, Argentina's biggest soccer club, are taking that to a whole new level. A special section of the Parque Iraola cemetery outside Buenos Aires has been sequestered for the Boca faithful. A corner of the locker room, I mean- cemetery, has been reserved for Diego Maradona.
Not surprising, then, that a corner the cemetery has been set aside for Maradona. Boca's most famous player has been awarded a plot free of the charge from the club, although he has made no public comment regarding the gift yet.Antonio Rattin, Boca's 1960s era star, closed this story so much better than I ever could have: "It's so nice, it makes you feel like staying." It's great to have a place to go when the life referee shows you the red card.
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I assume you did not know this but this is listed on the Wikipedia page for "The Wave."
"The wave was later on display at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. For many people living outside of North America, this was the first time they ever saw the phenomenon, and so they dubbed it the 'Mexican wave.'"
After leading the Argentina national team to its victory over West Germany in the 1986 World Cup, Maradona collected the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player.
In life and apparently in his timely death, we expect Maradona to be closely tied to this expression of both celebration and farewell.
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