During the investigation into Diego Maradona's death on November 25, 2020, at age 60, masseur Nicolás Taffarel recounted the final days of the Argentine football legend's life.

Maradona spent his final days bedridden, severely swollen, and appeared to have accepted his fate, according to Taffarel, the Argentine football legend's masseur, who testified on Thursday during the investigation into his death. Taffarel stated that Maradona "could not get out of bed, did not want to eat, did not want to bathe, and did not want to maintain personal hygiene." He added that he had warned the star's medical team that they should visit more frequently, "every day," according to an audio recording played in court.

Since mid-April, the San Isidro court has been hearing the case against seven medical professionals from this medical team. The defendants include doctors, psychiatrists, a psychologist, and nurses, suspected by prosecutors of negligence potentially related to Maradona's death.

Taffarel continued, "I reported everything I saw, but I did not see concrete action or swift resolution." He became tearful several times when referring to Maradona, with whom he had a close relationship. "He was swollen all over his body, his legs were also swollen..." Taffarel recalled. "The doctors told me to calm down, saying this condition would pass. Out of nervousness, we could only trust them at the time, thinking everything would pass, everything would be resolved. But it wasn't."

"He told me: 'I don't want anything, Taffarel, it's over.'"

On November 24, the day before Maradona's death, Nicolás Taffarel said he tried to convince Maradona to go for a walk and drink mate, but was unsuccessful. "He said: 'I don't want anything, Taffarel, it's over.' I asked him: 'What do you mean, it's over?' He answered: 'Nothing, it's over.'" Taffarel conveyed Maradona's words, in which "ya está" can be interpreted as resignation to his condition.

The following day, Maradona died of cardiopulmonary arrest with pulmonary edema at age 60. He died alone in a rental house in Tigre, north of Buenos Aires, which was his residence for post-operative recovery. According to forensic testimony presented during the trial, Maradona died after a prolonged struggle.

On Tuesday, another witness, a security guard on duty at the Tigre residence at the time, also stated that care around Maradona was lax. Aníbal Domínguez said that doctors "should have come but did not," specifically mentioning Leopoldo Luque, one of the defendants and considered Maradona's most trusted doctor at the time.

The seven defendants face maximum sentences of 25 years in prison, and all deny responsibility. Most defendants defended themselves by citing their professional specializations, claiming their responsibilities were fragmented and not directly related to the clinical cause of Maradona's death. The trial is expected to continue beyond August.

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