A former colleague whom Diego Maradona saved from suicide paid tribute with a tattoo on his arm

“I really wanted to commit suicide, I was about to do it for many years.” The shocking saying belongs to Pedro Monzon, who a few years ago counted a sad personal episode that had as protagonist the very Diego Armando Maradona, who had been his teammate on the Argentine team during the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Today, after the death of the national star, he decided to pay tribute to him with a tattoo on his arm.

The current coach of Argentino de Quilmes, who plays in the First Metropolitan B of the Argentine ascent, opted for one of the images he liked the most of Diego and did not hesitate to offer his right forearm to have him immortalized for the rest of his life. “What about our DT! Diego in the skin of Pedro “, shared the images the official account of the Mate.

Monzón’s tribute to Maradona has a special meaning. It was Diego who, without knowing it, saved his life a few years ago when the former defender who wore the shirts of Independiente, Huracán and Quilmes, among others, had hit rock bottom in his life.

“I had separated, I had a place and I lived there. He had only one chair, he was financially ill, he had nothing: barely to eat and sometimes no. I was looking for excuses, the truth was that he did not want to kill me. Later I realized that I was a coward, and how good that I was. He had the gun in his hand and he never did. Maybe god made me not pull the trigger”, confessed time after mentally recovering.

And about her encounter with him Ten, detailed: “One day I said ‘I’m going to call Diego and, if he doesn’t come, I’ll kill myself.’ He was mad. I call him and he says ‘what’s wrong?’ I said ‘I want to talk to you, I don’t feel well, I’m not well’. ‘Don’t worry, hold on for a while, where are you?’, He replied. For me it took five minutes to arrive, but it sure was longer. When it came I said ‘it can’t be’. I saw the truck and I was alone. I didn’t show him the iron, what was I going to say to him. I didn’t tell him (that he wanted to commit suicide) because he was so ashamed … I thought he wasn’t going to come and he came. “

When he arrived, Diego exhibited the quota of humility that many people who treated him recognize him: “I told him to sit on the chair and he said no, if I was sitting on the floor, he would sit with me on the floor. ‘What is your problem?’ He asked. I had had my fifth daughter two months ago and I did not know her because I did not have money for the ticket to go to Tucumán. I told him I didn’t even have to go see her. After that I went to see her, I had to eat and a lot of things… ”.

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