December 6th,2008
Maradona in cricket crazy India's football crazy hub
The nation's cricket crazy spot experienced the height of its craziness in the godly game "football" at 1:25 am when the legendary player from Argentina stepped down from the aircraft.Though India has not shaped out well in football sector at the international level,the new Indian sports committee has promised to establish India in the colours of International soccer.Now let us see a report from ND tv on the entry of Maradona in Kolkatta ,which was really a treat for the football fans.
The nation's cricket crazy spot experienced the height of its craziness in the godly game "football" at 1:25 am when the legendary player from Argentina stepped down from the aircraft.Though India has not shaped out well in football sector at the international level,the new Indian sports committee has promised to establish India in the colours of International soccer.Now let us see a report from ND tv on the entry of Maradona in Kolkatta ,which was really a treat for the football fans.
Thousands of torches and lamps dispelled the darkness of the night, as Kolkatans welcomed football legend Diego Armando Maradona to the city in a carnival atmosphere early on Saturday.Accompanied by girlfriend Veronica, the Argentinian soccer genius touched down at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 1.25 a.m. on a two-day trip to the city, as 50,000 people lined the roads and uncountable more sat glued to their television sets to catch the first glimpse of the football wizard on their home turf.
The diminutive new Argentina soccer coach, in great spirits despite the fatigue of a 48-hour flight, was welcomed at the tarmac by West Bengal sports minister Subhas Chakraborty and the organizers with flowers.
From the airport, Maradona and Vernonica were put into a specially designed bus that had transparent windows to enable the soccer buffs have a momentary glance of the player, whose heroic performance enabled Argentina win the World Cup in 1986.
People, wearing Argentine jerseys and carrying Maradona's cutouts and posters welcoming him in multiple languages - English, Hindi, Bengali and Spanish - ran alongside the bus, as it hit the streets on the way to the hotel.
Maradona fans waved flags of India and Argentina and danced to the tune of foot-tapping Latin American music, besides raising slogans eulogising the football legend who would spend the next two days in the city laying the foundation stone of a soccer academy, visiting Mother House - the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity - and attending a charity dinner.
The unbridled enthusiasm of the soccer aficionados proved infectious, and Maradona rose from his seat in the bus to wave back at the crowd, as two thousand people held aloft lighted torches on both sides of the road.
Giving more Indian traditional touches to the welcome, there were saree-clad women with well-lit earthen lamps and those blowing conch shells to usher in the prince of football, who rose from a shanty town - Villa Fiorito - on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires to reach the zenith of fame and fortune.
courtesy:Ndtv
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