Maradona: "The football god is Argentine, and now the Pope"

Former Argentine soccer player Diego Armando Maradona, who celebrated today the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the new Supreme Pontiff said that "God is Argentine football, and now the Pope", and announced his desire to meet him.

Maradona, who works in Dubai as an advisor to companies organizing sporting events, sent his impression on the election of Francis I to the media through his lawyer, Angelo Pisani.

The Argentine star predicted that "as go to Italy, I hope to have an audience with him," and recalled that he had a "thrill unforgettable "when he was received by Pope John Paul II, who after repeatedly criticized.

On the other hand, the Argentine striker of Manchester City Sergio 'Kun' Agüero, Maradona's son, was now proud of the election of the new Pope, Francis I.

"The Pope is Argentine, what pride!" Said the footballer in his Twitter account after meeting the appointment of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope in Rome.