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Maradona
in 'Mother House'
Kolkata:
Football legend Diego Maradona visited Missionaries
of Charity Headquarters 'Mother House' in Kolkata today.
Maradona said earlier that he had accepted the invitation
to come to the city because he had a keen interest in
seeing first hand the place where Mother Teresa had lived
and worked. Maradona accompanied by his girl friend was
greeted by the Sisters of Missionaries of Charity (MOC)
and later taken to Mother Teresa's Tomb. A huge crowd
had gathered outside the Mother House to catch a glimpse
of the football great and the newly appointed coach of
the Argentina national football team. Missionaries of
Charity headquarters in Kolkata has got due recognition
from world celebrities like Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
and now Diego Maradona. On his trip to Kolkata, Maradona
was scheduled to meet veteran communist leader Jyoti Basu
. He was also to visit the Mohun Bagan football Club to
watch a match at the club grounds later. Diego will be
leaving for Argentina in the night.
The soccer legend, Diego Maradona on Saturday said that
he sees Barcelona's wonder kid Lionel Messi as the player
who can embody his inspirational game on the pitch. Putting
Messi a notch above Brazilian Ronaldinho. The Argentine
coach said he expected Messi to carry on his mantle in
the 2010 World Cup. Former Asian Games champions, India
now has a world ranking of 153 and is placed 24th in Asia.
-Dec
7, 2008
