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Dorados head coach Diego Maradona, left center, watches the final leg of Mexico's second division soccer league against Atletico San Luis, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. Atletico San Luis beat Dorados 4-2 in the match, giving the aggregate series a 4-3 and is the champion of the second division. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Maradona confronts fans after losing Mexico 2nd-tier final

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People stand beside statue of Diego Maradona soccer star during its presentation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. The statue by artist Jorge Martinez, was presented Wednesday to honor Maradona on his 58th birthday Tuesday, next to the stadium of the Buenos Aires based club where the Argentine soccer great began his career. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina’s capital unveils its first Maradona statue

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018 file photo provided by Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona walks through the airport in Culiacan, Mexico. Maradona, the soccer world's poster child for the perils of substance abuse, is setting up camp to lead a team in the heart of Mexico's drug cartel land. (Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa via AP, File)

Maradona to coach soccer club in Mexico’s cartel heartland

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ and AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

Former soccer great Diego Maradona speaks at a press conference where he was presented as the new manager of the Dorados of Sinaloa, in Culiacan, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. Maradona, whose public battles with cocaine made him soccer's poster child for the perils of substance abuse, is setting up camp in Mexico's drug cartel heartland as the new coach of a second-tier team. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Maradona says his off-pitch issues are in the past

By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa, Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona walks through the airport in Culiacan, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Maradona arrived in northern Mexico Saturday afternoon, to begin his new job as head coach of the second-tier Mexican soccer club Dorados of Sinaloa. Pictured left is club president, Jose Antonio Nunez. (Prensa Club Dorados de Sinaloa via AP)

Soccer legend Maradona lands in Sinaloa

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FILE - In this June 27, 2010 file photo, Argentina's head coach Diego Maradona yells from the sidelines of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa. The soccer coach of Mexico's Dorados de Sinaloa soccer team, Francisco Ramirez, was fired on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, and Maradona has been named the team's new coach, according to Jose Antonio Nunez. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Diego Maradona hired as coach of 2nd-tier Mexican team

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Maradona stadium name change causes controversy

By DEBORA REY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2006 file photo, Argentina's former soccer great Diego Maradona and his ex-wife Claudia Villafane, left, support their national team during the Davis Cup Final tennis match against Russia, in Moscow. An appeals court has ruled on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, that Maradona can pursue a lawsuit against his ex-wife claiming she misappropriated some of his money to buy Florida real estate. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Court says soccer’s Maradona can pursue ex-wife case in US

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the group D match between Argentina and Nigeria, at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Lionel Messi finally scores, Argentina advances at World Cup

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Maradona hired as chairman of Belarusian club Dinamo Brest

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2017, file photo, Diego Maradona gestures as he attends a football clinic and workshop for young aspiring soccer players in Kadambagachhi, north of Kolkata, India. Diego Maradona has left his coaching job in the United Arab Emirates after the team he was in charge of failed to win automatic promotion to the premier division. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

Maradona leaving UAE team after missing automatic promotion

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Napoli's Marek Hamsik, right, celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Sampdoria at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017. (Ciro Fusco/ANSA via AP)

Hamsik nets 116th Napoli goal to beat Maradona’s club record

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Napoli miedfielder Marek Hamsik celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Torino and Napoli at Olympic stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP)

Hamsik equals Maradona’s Napoli record of 115 goals

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Referee Rosario Abisso talks to Napoli's Lorenzo Insigne as teammate Marek Hamsik, right, looks on during a Serie A match soccer match between Napoli and Cagliari at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. (Ciro Fusco/ANSA via AP)

Hamsik comparable to Maradona as closes in on scoring record

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Maradona to coach UAE second division side

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In this Nov. 11, 2016 photo, a child plays with a ball at the youth soccer academy, Club Social Parque, in a working class neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Club Social Parque is the same soccer talent factory where international stars like Diego Maradona, Carlos Tevez and Juan Roman Riquelme polished their skills as children. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The next Messi may be training at this youth soccer academy

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2016 file photo, former soccer player Diego Maradona of Argentina sits with his companion Rocio Oliva watching the Davis Cup finals tennis match in Zagreb, Croatia. Police say they were called to investigate an altercation involving Diego Maradona and a woman at a hotel in Madrid. on Wednesday Feb. 15, 2017 after a call from the hotel, but found no evidence of any disturbance after talking to Maradona and the woman. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Madrid police talk to Maradona after altercation at hotel

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 file photo, Argentina's former soccer player Diego Maradona, right, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino share a laugh during a soccer match with FIFA Legends at the home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA’s peacemaking with Diego Maradona has led to an ambassador’s role for the Argentina great, announced late Thursday Feb. 9, 2017 by Maradona. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP, File)

Maradona to try to give Napoli a boost against Real Madrid

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - A Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 file photo showing Argentina's soccer legend Diego Maradona watching the Davis Cup finals tennis singles match between Croatia's Marin Cilic and Argentina's Federico Delbonis in Zagreb, Croatia. Former Napoli star Diego Maradona is in talks to work with the Serie A side, where he is still idolized nearly 27 years after leaving the club. Maradona, who is in Naples for a theatrical event on Monday celebrating the club's first title win, met with Napoli President Aurelio de Laurentiis on Saturday night, Jan 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Maradona welcomed ‘home’ by Napoli fans for anniversary

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Napoli's Lorenzo Tonelli, left, scores his side first goal during a Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Pescara at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, Sunday Jan. 15, 2017. (Cesare Abbate/ANSA via AP)

Diego Maradona hopeful of future Napoli role

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