Juventus and Benevento pause match in 10th minute to honour Maradona

<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/GOAL/64/be/juventus-benevento-2020-21_1ieyajzc7x9amzwmozixmcwoq.jpg?t=330265510&amp;quality=60&amp;w=700" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="301" src="https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/GOAL/64/be/juventus-benevento-2020-21_1ieyajzc7x9amzwmozixmcwoq.jpg?t=330265510&amp;quality=60&amp;w=700" width="534" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Juventus and Benevento paused their match in the 10th minute on Saturday to honour Diego Maradona, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 60.</span></h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maradona, who famously wore the No.10 shirt, spent seven seasons in Italy with Napoli, where he enjoyed some of the most productive years of his club career. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Argentine legend led Napoli to two Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia and one UEFA Cup during his time with the club. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In Saturday's match, Juventus and Benevento stopped play during the 10th minute to stand and applaud Maradona, with a graphic in the stands on the broadcast reading: "Ad10s Diego".</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin-top: 250px !important; max-width: 100%;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: flex; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1332742864296693763" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1332742864296693763&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goal.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fjuventus-pause-match-in-10th-minute-to-honour-maradona%2Fgwlkhcaa2t47175enmoikhhg7&siteScreenName=goal&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 496px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div></center><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On Thursday, Napoli were able to pay tribute to Maradona ahead of their Europa League match, with all of their players wearing the No.10 jersey when lined up before the game.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"It was tough to pull that shirt on. In some ways, it was always a dream, but not like this," Napoli star Dries Mertens told <a href="https://sport.sky.it/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sky</em> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Italia</em></a> after the game.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Juve and Benevento were far from the only sides to honour Maradona on Saturday, with tributes coming in from grounds all over Europe. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Everton and Leeds United held a minute's applause before their Premier League match with Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti – who played against Maradona during his career – becoming emotional on the touchline.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"You were always a genius," <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAncelotti/status/1331675408618631181" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce;" target="_blank">Ancelotti wrote on Twitter after Maradona's passing</a>."Today is a very sad day and a great loss. But you my friend are eternal. Ciao Diego. Rest In Peace."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In Germany, Bundesliga clubs also <a href="https://twitter.com/Bundesliga_EN/status/1332720926509633539" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce;" target="_blank">held a minute of silence before their matches to remember Maradona.</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile in France, players from Marseille and Nantes lined up and formed an "M" before their match, a tribute that will be repeated in Ligue 1 all weekend. </span></p><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #081f2c;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: flex; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1332721004901265412" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1332721004901265412&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goal.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fjuventus-pause-match-in-10th-minute-to-honour-maradona%2Fgwlkhcaa2t47175enmoikhhg7&siteScreenName=goal&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 641px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div></center>

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  Juventus and Benevento paused their match in the 10th minute on Saturday to honour Diego Maradona, who passed away on Wednesday at the age...

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