Mural of Argentine football icon Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Video. Artist creates 40-meter-high mural of football icon Diego Maradona

An artist from Argentina is in the process of painting a 40-meter-high mural of football legend Diego Maradona near Buenos Aires. 

An artist from Argentina is in the process of painting a 40-meter-high mural of football legend Diego Maradona near Buenos Aires. 

Maximiliano Bagnasco was commissioned to create the mural in honour of the late footballing icon. The piece is planned to be finished by 30 October -- in time for what would have been Maradona's 62nd birthday.