""He loved me. I don't know why, but he loved me. He always said good things about me. He was my hero. Even if I didn't like soccer, I had his poster in my room, and then I played with him.""
""My first World Cup match was Argentina against Greece, 4-0 for us. I scored three and he scored one. He scored his last goal for the national team.""
Gabriel Batistuta played alongside Diego Maradona for Argentina during the early 1990s, realizing a childhood dream. The duo performed exceptionally in the 1994 World Cup opener against Greece, with Batistuta scoring a hat-trick and Maradona contributing a goal. However, Maradona's career ended abruptly after failing a drugs test in the next match. Batistuta expressed regret for not supporting Maradona more during his struggles with addiction and health issues, which ultimately led to Maradona's death in 2020.
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