The incredible story of lost photos of Maradona in Racing appeared in archived negatives

the roundup of Diego Maradona as a trainer Races it was not good. 2 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses marked the brief passage of Down for him Cylinder of Avellaneda. The lack of results and the recent pain caused by the Elimination of Argentina in the World Cup in the United States They represented some of the arguments of the fans who expressed their disagreement in the stands.

The fans of the Academia they dreamed of seeing coconut Basilone of the club’s most beloved idols, lifted the most coveted trophy on the planet in the north country, but the damn ephedrine shattered the people’s illusion albiceleste.

ever, the Turkish Garcia revealed to GlobeLiveMedia that it was he who favored the arrival of golden boy at the club when he convinced the president of the institution, Juan De Stefanoso that the Diez continue to be linked to football during the sporting sanction he received for the case of doping in 1994.

During these days Daniel Bevilacqua He was one more delighted fan of the arrival of the best player on the planet in the team of his love. And currently at 48 years oldrevealed a never-before-seen file of images of the popular idol during his time at Races.

His story with Academia It is special. In 1979 it was the first time he had attended a game on the pitch. To four years old, his father took him to the Cylinder to affirm the love that would last forever. “We were working class and lived in the south of Mound. The reality is that we went there when the economy allowed us to travel by train and bus,” he recalls wistfully in conversation with GlobeLiveMedia. They were located on the popular opposite of where the bar was “so you wouldn’t have any problems”.

His fanaticism not only settled in Racessince the feat in the Mexico World Cup, In 1986 formed an emotional bond with the hero from Villa Fiorito. “When Diego signed, I was working in a toy store in my neighborhood. As I am MaradonianI didn’t want to miss a game and with two friends and the girlfriend I had at the time we went on vacation to Santa Teresita to see the pre-season“, he recalls proudly.

On the Atlantic coast, he has his first contact with the legend. In the morning, he accompanied the players from the hotel International at the Golf to attend training and realize that “there was a good atmosphere” on the part of the protagonists. “Practices didn’t start until the coach woke up“, he assures between two laughs. And confirms:He wasn’t a double shift lover either.”.

During this summer of 1995 He also took the buses to attend friendly engagements in front of Independent there River which have been challenged in silver sea then he would come back at dawn to sleep in the apartment he had rented. In his memory remains the day when the coach went crazy and “started throwing clothes from the balcony to give them to the fans” who watched over the academic concentration. “Pablito Ruizwho now works in club marketing, has a T-shirt of American television that Diego had used, because the channel financed Maradona’s contract. Eurnekián gave a lot of money so that we could appreciate him as a coach“, revealed.

Although the cycle of Down In Races hit 11 official matches, Daniel Bevilacqua claims that he was present at all the matches of the Diez on the substitutes’ bench. “We embarked with great enthusiasm in the field of Ferrobut later the illusion was reduced because We saw that the team was a disaster”, analyze remotely. And in his arguments, he laments the reaction of the public when a momentous triumph was won in Bombonniere: “Romance with Maradona ended the day 6-4 against Boca. That day, the fans sang everything with many insults. I think it was a mistake because he always praised the race”.

A decade after this rout, the toy makeras his friends called him, started collaborating in the Tita Mattiussi estate. It was the time of the management in charge of Blanquiceleste SA; while the Buenos Aires entity was going through its worst financial crisis. “When I saw the children of running stones working for the club, I joined without thinking. Since we had no tools, we removed all the stones and weeds with our hands. there was only the yard 1 and we were just starting to work on the second one. Also we had to take several surgeries who lived there“, he pleads.

He dedicated a lot of sacrifices to the complex where the club’s youth divisions and women’s football work today. He says with a real sense of belonging that his son started walking there. And during those hot afternoons he met Hernan Germanoanother fan of Academia whom he now considers a brother. “We both had nostalgia for the old equipment. At that time we met Daniela D’Adamo, it was a Racing photojournalist through contact with Pipe (one of the fan references). We always ask her to see her whole file, and although she invited us to the house, as she was not in good health, we were never able to go.

The photographer’s visits to Tita are more and more sporadic until she stops going there for good. He had died. With the pain caused by the loss of his friend, Daniel Bevilacqua he contacted his brother Ariel to complete this pending account. “For years we asked him about the negatives he kept of her. He told us about the photos we were uploading to our social networks, because we had done the same with Juan Leivawho is a photographer Race magazine Since 80 years. We bought the photos he had from the stands because we were interested in minimal fan stories,” he explains.

These were moments of insistence, perseverance and a great deal of patience. “Until Ariel caught up with us and brought us the files she promised.” Last week, in the last game of La Gagonetanext to Tiger, Drink water received a folder with nearly 5,000 negatives that belonged to her friend. “I was so excited that I didn’t even want to enter the Cylinder! I wanted to see all of this. That night I stayed with my son until 4 am looking at what was there and the first photos were Diego’s! I did not know what to do. I wanted to go out and print them”…

The next day he began work to start digitizing the images of Maradona. And he assures that he will continue to reveal more in the coming days. “There is one who is a bomb, because he is on the auxiliary field and he looks very happy“, he remarked.

The next step is to make a sample with the fan department and the culture department of the institution in honor of Daniela from adam. The meeting will take place at the headquarters in Avenida Miter in Avellaneda on Saturday, April 15 in the afternoon (3:00 p.m.). “We want to show this material so that people know the real author and her brother, who helped a lot in all of this”.

The academic fanatic still doesn’t realize the impact this has had on the Maradonian World. “I think it serves to justify Diego’s move to Racingbecause beyond the results, he left us with great memories. In the Academia the best coaches have failedbut he was an important part of the story and It fills us with pride that he was in our club. He is the most photographed guy in history and there may not have been any footage of him in racing gear”.

He is one of the faithful followers of the most human of all gods. And this admiration that he forged during his adolescence prevented him from having direct contact with Diez twice. “The first time I saw him personally on the Costa I went to say hello and shit myself. Not a word came out. I couldn’t even take a picture with himbecause I did not dare. I only took one from him. And the second was bigger, because for a long time he sold video games to footballers. At the time of coconut Basil In boca I was very present and I became a good friend of Fernando Gago there Rodrigo Palacio. They forwarded my contact to Diego and one day he called me because he wanted to give something to his nephews. I remember that an adviser I had at showbol and when he handed me the phone, I couldn’t answer. I dared not speak because my whole body was shaking.”.

His relationship with the greatest footballer of all time was based on the images that only he managed to obtain. And though he regrets not being able to hug Downis aware that somewhere the Diez You will be happy and grateful for all that you have accomplished lately. in every smile Maradona with the shirt Racesthere will be the scene of the fan who revealed to the world the photos that no one has ever seen until now.

UNPRECEDENTED PHOTOS OF MARADONA IN RACE

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