Tens of thousands of football fans paid their final respects to Diego Maradona.

Police were unable to contain the vast numbers who'd come to see his coffin on display in Buenos Aires.

Maradona, who for many was the greatest footballer in the history of the game, died of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 60.

Katie Watson has this report.

The tears didn't stop all day.

Mourners filed through the doors of the presidential palace, Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner lingering at his coffin to pay her respects.

It's being a hero's farewell for Maradona, lying in state is an honor afforded to few in Argentina, a mark of just how loved he was here.

Argentinians waited patiently for hours, breaking into song to keep the spirits up and to remember the good times.

Football has died, so we have to remember him in the best way.

He was one of the best.

That goal, with the English will never forget that this'll crowd here can't be explained just by Argentineans love of football.

Yes, it's important, but it's much more than that.

People who have come here today saw.

Maradona is a national icon on a man who represented them and did them proud.

And it's a legacy that spans generations.

A za Mourners left the palace.

For some, it was too much to process.

It's the only one who actually made all the country proud.

No matter what political orientation you have.

Religious, he came from nowhere.

Hey, put our country in the world in a country hard hit by coronavirus.

Otherwise, strict rules were being ignored for Argentina's footballing superstar.

But as the day went on on the summer, temperatures rose.

Emotions also ran high.

Hundreds of fans broke down the barriers on riot police responded.

Authorities had to stop public viewing of the coffin to keep the peace.

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