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Megan Singleton: My experience at La Bombonera - the home of Diego Maradona

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 29 Nov 2020, 12:56PM
A fan mourns in front of flowers and posters left in tribute to Diego Maradona at the entrance of the Boca Juniors stadium known as La Bombonera in Buenos Aires. (Photo / AP)
A fan mourns in front of flowers and posters left in tribute to Diego Maradona at the entrance of the Boca Juniors stadium known as La Bombonera in Buenos Aires. (Photo / AP)

Megan Singleton: My experience at La Bombonera - the home of Diego Maradona

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 29 Nov 2020, 12:56PM

rgentina's stunned soccer fans sought each other out Wednesday to mourn the death of Diego Maradona, gathering by the hundreds in spots linked to the life of the legendary player.

They gathered outside the humble home where he was born and raised in the Villa Fiorito neighborhood. They went to the stadium of Argentinos Juniors, where he started as a professional footballer in 1976. They stood at the historic La Bombonera stadium of his beloved Boca Juniors. More were at the headquarters of Gimnasia La Plata, the team he was coaching.

The loss of the football legend has travel blogger Megan Singleton reminiscing about her visit to La Bombonera, the Boca Juniors Stadium where Maradona once played.

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