Former Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana midfielder Doctor Khumalo says he closely witnessed how Diego Maradona enjoyed a high status in Argentina during the South African’s brief spell in Buenos Aires with Ferro Carril Oeste in 1995.
Maradona passed away aged 60 on Wednesday of a heart attack, plunging the football world into mourning.
During his stint at Ferro Carril Oeste, on loan from Chiefs, Khumalo revisits the day at Boca Juniors’ home of La Bombonera where his team had visited for a league match.
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Khumalo remembers how Argentina’s most iconic football ground reverberated when Maradona entered the stadium with his family.