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Diego Maradona 'confused' due to unexplained abstinence, doctor says

La Plata, Argentina - September 8, 2019 Diego Maradona during his presentation as new coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima [REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian]

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona is to be kept in hospital for several more days after suffering from “confusion” caused by an unexplained “abstinence” that followed his brain surgery this week, his doctor said on Thursday.

“We all know Diego,” physician Leopoldo Luque told reporters outside the clinic where three days ago Maradona had an operation on a subdural haematoma, a blood clot on the brain.

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