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Five Years After Maradona’s Death, Tributes Pour In as Legal Case Eyes March Retrial

A reported March retrial keeps the unresolved case in view during commemorations.

Overview

  • Fans and institutions marked the anniversary with tributes, and some commentators renewed calls to declare 25 November an International Day of Football.
  • Boca Juniors released a short video from the Bombonera showing a daisy placed on Maradona’s statue to an acoustic version of “La mano de Dios.”
  • Maradona’s official social-media account resurfaced with a Mercedes Sosa lyric—“Tantas veces me mataron...” —after a year of silence.
  • Official records show Dr. Leopoldo Luque called 911 at 12:16, an ambulance arrived about 11 minutes later, and death was certified at 13:10.
  • Prosecutors have charged members of his medical team; after a first trial was suspended over a judge’s secret filming, a second trial is reported for March.