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Stefano Ceci’s dream, since he was a boy, was to become a friend of the most famous footballer in the world and of all time, of the idol he saw playing in his favorite team, Napoli: at the age of ten, Diego Armando Maradona became his great passion, Stefano has set every aspect of his life on him. While his classmates went to school, played sports and went out with friends, he studied every move of the Argentine phenomenon until he is today not only a close friend, but also Diego’s personal assistant. He tells it in this biography, embellished by the memories of Maradona himself and of two of the friends who supported the champion during the many years he lived in Italy: Ciro Ferrara, hero of many battles on the field, and Gianni Minà, who accompanied Diego with his pen on all the most important occasions. The author lived most of his life alongside his “brother in law”, in triumphs as well as in defeats; remaining attached to him especially in the darkest moments, such as those marked by drugs, a drama fortunately overcome by both. His is an open-hearted confession, but also an exhilarating and sincere biography of the Pibe de Oro that traces the most important sporting feats together with numerous unpublished aspects of the champion’s private life. That dream that Stefano had as a child has finally come true. Foreword by Diego Armando Maradona.