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Mysterious footage of Diego Maradona appears to show his coaching staff deliberately blocking television cameras while the World Cup-winning legend is handed an unknown package on the bench during an Argentine league match.
Maradona, who currently manages struggling Gimnasia de la Plata side in Buenos Aires, lost 1-0 to fifth-place Rosario Central in the Superliga on Saturday. In curious scenes on the bench, television cameras appear to show one of Maradona’s coaching staff approaches the 59-year-old to hand him an unidentified package.
Maradona struggled with cocaine addiction during his playing days, allegedly picking up the habit while playing for Napoli in the 1980s, and caused numerous health problems.
It sadly continued throughout his career and the player was banned from football after testing positive for the drug during the USA '94 World Cup while playing for Argentina. It marked a sad decline for a player who had captained his nation to World Cup glory just eight years earlier in 1986, his annus mirabilis.