Football legends Pele (right) and Diego Maradona attend an advertising soccer event on the eve of the opening of the UEFA 2016 European Championship in Paris, France – Reuters

SAO PAULO (Reuters): Retired Brazilian soccer star Pelé mourned the death of Argentine great Diego Maradona yesterday, following confirmation he had died of a heart attack earlier in the day.

“Certainly, one day we’ll kick a ball together in the sky above,” he said in a brief statement provided to Reuters by a representative.

Argentina soccer legend Maradona dies of heart attack