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Fans Pay Last Respects To Carlovich 'Soccer God'

Fans Pay Last Respects To Carlovich ‘Soccer God’

Hundreds of supporters paid their respects on Saturday to former Argentine footballer Tomas β€˜Trinche’ Carlovich, a player Diego Maradona called the best in the world.

The event took place at an open-air wake at a stadium in Rosario, the birthplace of Lionel Messi.

With the country in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, fans filled out the stands wearing red and blue face masks, the colours of the Central Cordoba club with whom Carlovich made his name, to bid farewell to a player Maradona regarded as his superior.

Carlovich died on Friday at the age of 74 after he was …