Diego Maradona remains one of the greatest footballers to have ever played the sport. Meanwhile, a football match was played in Mumbai to pay tribute to him, and here's how it panned out.
Late great Argentine legend Diego Maradona was one of the most outstanding footballers to have ever played the sport. Being considered a true legend of the sport of his era, alongside Pele of Brazil, Maradona had inspired a lot of the present-day footballers, including the modern-day Argentine superstar Lionel Messi.
It was last year when the Argentine had passed away on November 25. As the entire football world paid tribute to the legend, matches in his memorial continue to be played globally. On Wednesday, a game in his honour was played between All Stars Football Club and Maradona: Blessed at the Jamnabai Grounds in Mumbai.
The All-Stars had the likes of Ranbir Kapoor, Vivian Desena, Shoojit Sircar, Leander Paes, Caesar Gonsalves, Karan Wahi, Rohan Shrestha, Aditya Seal, Armaan Ralhan, Samir Kocchar, Meezaan Jaffrey, Karan Veer Mehra, Harpreet, Ahan Shetty, Abhimanyu Dassani, Tanay Anand and Jim Sarbh.
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As for the Blessed team, it possessed Awez Darbar, Rj Abhinav, Zaid Darbar Viraj Ghelani Karan Sonawane, Shyam Sharma, Dhruv Shah, Nishit, Aaron Koul, Jatt Prabhjot, Ranveer Allahbadia, Raj Shamani, Viraj Sheth, Bhumeet Gupta, Joshua Das, Yusuf Ansari, Tabish Shaikh Carlton Fernandes, Avilon Noronha, Ashfaq Khan Shoeb K, Hardik Patel and Kapil Batus.
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The match was played just days before his 61st birthday, while his recently released series 'Maradona: Blessed Dream' is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Blessed won the toss and kicked off the game. However, it all ended in a goalless draw. A penalty shootout was played to determine a winner, as the Blessed side won it. No public was allowed into the crowd, which only included family members and friends of the players, who were special invitees for the match.