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Thousands of football fans their final respects to football legend Diego Maradona on Thursday. Huge crowds the streets of the capital Buenos Aires to a glimpse of the car his body. The car was draped in the Argentina flag and a football shirt bearing his trademark number 10. Thousands more silently past his coffin as it was put on public display at the Presidential Palace. They were , blowing kisses to their hero and praying. Maradona away on Wednesday, aged 60. He died of a heart attack. Argentina's government three days of national mourning for him. One fan said: "Maradona Argentinianess. He transcended football. He my respect. I had to be here."

Diego Armando Maradona is widely as one of the greatest players ever to onto a football pitch. Many him to be the best. He his national team when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. He scored the famous "Hand of God" goal against England in the quarter-finals. In that same game, he another goal that was as the greatest goal of the twentieth century. Maradona for Barcelona in Spain and Napoli in Italy. Current Barcelona captain Lionel Messi said: "Maradona will never us because Diego is eternal." Brazilian legend Pele, a constant rival to Maradona for the world's greatest ever player accolade, said he to one day, " together in the sky" with Maradona.