Fans pay homage to Maradona with shirts and chants

Show of love: Argentina’s supporters wave a jersey of Argentina’s Lionel Messi next to an effigy depicting Diego Maradona. — AFP

JAVIER Maluf will quietly put on a shirt worn by Diego Maradona against England, but other fans have more noisy plans for today’s second anniversary of the death of the flawed genius.

Argentina’s legion of supporters may also be praying to the sporting gods that the late football great can still inspire his country to victory over Mexico tomorrow to keep their hopes in Qatar alive.