“I am fine” – Maradona posts Instagram pic to dispel hospital rumours

“I send a kiss to everyone.”

On Tuesday night, it was reported that Maradona had been rushed to a hospital.

The 57-year-old was in attendance at Argentina’s 2-1 victory over Nigeria on Tuesday night, which saw them qualify for the round of 16 in the World Cup.

He was extremely animated throughout the entirety of the match, but appears to have been taken to hospital since the full-time whistle.

Maradona had been seen dancing with Nigerian fans before the game started, and giving the middle finger when Marcos Rojo scored the winner.

He also appeared to fall asleep at one stage during the game.

Se descompuso #Maradona #ElDiego pic.twitter.com/s3zqxx14pl

— A N G E L (@AngeldebritoOk) June 26, 2018

In the early hours of Wednesday morning (locally), Maradona posted to Instagram to let his fans know that all was well, and that the stories of him being taken to hospital were false:

“I want to tell everyone that I am fine, that I am not (sic), neither was I interned. In the halftime of the game against Nigeria, my neck hurt a lot and I suffered a decompensation. I was checked by a doctor and he recommended me to go home before the second half, but I wanted to stay because we were risking it all. How could I leave? I send a kiss to everyone, thanks for the support!”

Castellano | Italiano | Inglés Quiero contarles que estoy bien, que no estoy ni estuve internado. En el entretiempo del partido con Nigeria me dolía mucho la nuca y sufrí una descompensación. Me revisó un médico y me recomendó que me fuera a casa antes del segundo tiempo, pero yo quise quedarme porque nos estábamos jugando todo. ¿Cómo me iba a ir? Les mando un beso a todos, perdón por el susto y gracias por el aguante, hay Diego para rato! Voglio solo dirvi che sto bene, che non sono e non sono stato ricoverato. Durante l’intervallo della partita con la Nigeria ho avuto un forte dolore alla nuca e un mancamento. Un medico mi ha visitato e mi ha consigliato di tornare a casa prima del secondo tempo, ma ho deciso di rimanere perché ci stavamo giocando il tutto per tutto. Come sarei potuto andarmene? Un bacio a tutti e grazie per il supporto… Diego ci sarà ancora per un bel po’! I want to tell everyone that I am fine, that I am not, neither was I interned. In the halftime of the game against Nigeria, my neck hurt a lot and I suffered a decompensation. I was checked by a doctor and he recommended me to go home before the second half, but I wanted to stay because we were risking it all. How could I leave? I send a kiss to everyone, thanks for the support!

A post shared by Diego Maradona Oficial (@maradona) on Jun 26, 2018 at 7:20pm PDT

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