Evo Morales also fired Maradona with a heartfelt message

The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, today expressed his “pain” for the death of Diego Maradona and I remembered him as “a person who felt and fought for the lowly”.

“With pain in my soul, I learned of the death of my soul brother, Diego Armando Maradona. A person who felt and fought for the humble, the best footballer in the world, ”tweeted the leader of the Movement for Socialism (MAS).

The first message was accompanied by a photo of Evo Morales near Maradona when in 2008 the star played an exhibition in La Paz against FIFA’s decision to ban matches at 2,750 meters above sea level and to support victims of the recent floods that hit the neighboring country at that time.

“Diego was a great defender of high altitude football and he loved Bolivia very much. A great friend of just causes. Not only world football weeps for him, but also the people of the world,” he wrote. Morals in a second tweet.

The two personalities have met on several occasions and have always shown mutual admiration.