Diego Simeone on Twitter Tells Woman Her Husband is Dead

The manager of Atletico Madrid and former Argentine international player, Diego Simeone, appeared to inadvertently tell the wife of a journalist that her husband had died. Reporter Jorge ‘El Topo’ Lopez is believed to have been killed in a car crash in Sao Paulo.

Simeone called Lopez his “friend” and described his “pain” at the loss. He then mentioned Lopez’s wife, Veronica, in the tweet. She responded to him: “No Diego, don’t tell me that. Someone, please call me.”

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Lopez was killed in a hit-and-run when he was thrown from the car in which he was traveling after it was hit by another car near his hotel, the Grande Sao Paulo, reports Sport.es.

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