Maradona’s powerful PF bombshell against Grondona: “He handed it to FIFA during the 1994 World Cup”

Fernando Signorini is one of the people who best knew Diego Maradona . As his personal physical trainer, El Ciego accompanied him whenever the best footballer of the 20th century, according to FIFA, needed him to achieve his best form. One of them, emblematic: the configuration that the star achieved to reach the World Cup in the United States in 1994, close to the version that dazzled the planet .

Maradona arrived at this tournament almost at his peak. He showed it on the pitch, to the point of presenting Argentina as a candidate for the title. The rest of the story is known: The Ten tested positive for the consumption of pseudoephedrine during the control after the duel against Nigeria . As a result, he had to say goodbye to the competition. “They cut off my legs “, he said later, as a sign of his discomfort. He said, on this occasion, that he was “own ”, to reinforce the idea that he had not used drugs or any element with which he sought to increase his performance.

Signorini speaks in the documentary The Daughter of God, with Dalma, Maradona’s eldest child, on HBO Max. In it, he recaps the incident, providing striking background information. “Eight days before the start of the World Cup, Dr. Ugalde, who was the team doctor, still came and told representative Marcos Franchi: “You are giving Diego so many pills…I’m scared.” So I said to him: ‘Listen, why don’t you say it? Grondona order FIFA to do a doping test on the entire team? I drink some friends and I see that Grondona is coming out. I go back to Ugalde’s room and say to him: “And? “He said no,” he told me. “How come you said no?” We may have an atomic bomb under the table! This left me… », he reveals.

The story now moves to the most iconic moment. “When what happens after the Nigeria game happens, I’m in my room and five minutes later they knock. I open the door and Daniel Cerrini (personal trainer) was crying. He told me that Marcos Franchi had confirmed that the doping came from Diego “, Explain.

The description continues. “Not even a minute had passed and we heard a heartbreaking scream. At the time of the doping control, Roberto Peidró, one of Argentina’s chief doctors, saw that the small tubes with the sample indicated the substance to be looked for. He immediately told the guys, “This violates protocol. The counter-test has no value and therefore Diego is in the World Cup. When you go to get a sample, you may not know what you are going to get. He was directed . The others became angry and even insulted him. Piedro goes out, meets Grondona and tells him: “Don Julio is finished. Diego is inside because the protocol…’, Signorini said.

Piedró’s response necessarily refers to the multiple occasions when Maradona said he felt betrayed by Grondona, who, incidentally, also recognized his successes. Signorini reveals: “And he said: “No, don’t tell anyone. I already knocked him out of the World Cup. “How did you knock him out of the World Cup?” » ‘Don’t talk about that’ and I cut him off », he deepens.

The coach’s conclusion concerns Grondona’s aspirations for his managerial career. “At the end of the World Cup, Mr. Julio Humberto Grondona was appointed vice-president of FIFA and chairman of the Finance Committee to manage a purse of hundreds of millions of dollars without knowing how to speak English… Do you remember of the miniatures game, I Can I give you this one in exchange for the other? Diego was delivered “, sentence.