The story of Maradona’s controversial photos with Freddie Mercury, a year before the Anglo-Argentine war

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The story of the photos taken by Maradona with Freddie Mercury and the band Queen

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The story behind the images is just as spectacular. In 1981, Queen held a tour in Argentina and Brazil, entitled “The Game Tour”, to promote his album “The Game”, released in 1980.

The tournament started on February 28, in Buenos Aires, with two concerts held for two consecutive nights at the Velez Sarsfield stadium. The concerts attracted around 300,000 people and Freddie Mercury first meeting “The God” at a party in Castelar, a small town near the Argentine capital.

Mercury he invited him Maradona, just moved to Boca and already a rising star, to appear on the stage of Queen’s last concert in Buenos Aires, the March 8, 1981. Legend has it that the two got along very well, similar in many ways. They were both successful, had come a long way to reach the top, and loved parties.

Diego Maradona accepted and appeared on stage wearing a t-shirt with the flag of Great Britain, meanwhile Mercury he wore the number ten of the “pumas”.

Diego Maradona: “Thanks to Freddie!”

“I want to introduce you to your friend and ours tonight. I’m sure you already know him: Maradona!”. Here’s how the presentation sounded Mercury did it to him Diego, to the applause of the Buenos Aires audience.

“I want to thank Freddie and the queen for making me so happy.”, He answered Maradona. The Pibe D’Oro he then entered the comedy “Another One Bites the Dust”, after which he retired behind the scenes.

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After, Maradona was criticized in Argentina, because a year later the famous began Falklands War. A military conflict between UK is Argentina, on the subject of the Falkland Islands.

The war itself lasted from April to June 1982, but relations between the two countries were always cold, due to this territory in the South Atlantic.

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