Argentina will begin a trial this week into the medical team of late soccer icon Diego Maradona over homicide by negligence, a case that has charged up emotions in the country where the World Cup winner still commands almost God-like reverence.

A shocking deathbed image of football legend Diego Maradona reveals his swollen abdomen, raising new concerns about his medical treatment. Seven members of his medical team are now facing an explosive homicide trial over alleged negligence leading to his death.

The case revolves around allegations that negligence by the health care professionals contributed to the World Cup winner’s death in 2020 at the age of 60.

Argentina began a long-awaited trial on Tuesday of the medical team for soccer star Diego Maradona, who died in 2020, in a case that has riled emotions in the South American country where the World Cup winner is still revered.

Diego Maradona died aged 60 after a heart attack in 2020, while recovering from surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain weeks earlier

Seven doctors who treated Argentinian soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona before his death will stand trial for homicide.

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