Diego Maradona in show of shame after clash with Sebastian Veron during ‘peace’ match

– Security had to be on alert as Maradona and Veron almost came to blows 

– The duo were playing in Pope Francis’ Match for Peace on Wednesday night

– Francesco Totti, Stefano Mauri, Bojan Krkic were all involved in the match 

Argentina legends Diego Maradona and Juan Sebastian Veron were involved in an altercation during Pope Francis’ Match for Peace on Wednesday night.

Maradona clashes with Veron

According to the Telegrah UK, Maradona clashed with Vernon as the pair headed for the tunnel at half-time at Rome’s Olympic Stadium with the 55-year-old who had been laughing and joking with Veron took offense to a tackle suffered five minutes before the break.

Maradona went chest-to-chest with Veron as they left the pitch before he starts wagging his finger at the former Manchester United, Chelsea, Lazio and Parma midfielder saying: “I don’t need to talk with you”.

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A number of security men had to hold back Veron as he he tried to continue his argument with Veron.

The 1986 World Cup winner coached Veron during his Argentina days between 2008 and 2010.

The Blue Team had taken the lead after just a minute when Maradona found Stefano Mauri who played in Antonio Di Natale.

The White Team levelled through the head of Frederic Kanoute before Maradona’s lovely curled ball set up a waiting Totti to give them the lead again. Stoke’s Bojan Krkic made it 2-2 at the break.

Fernando Cavenaghi ended up scoring the winner to secure a 4-3 win for the Whites during the second half

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