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Comment: Maradona's Demise Was A Farce From Start To Finish |
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Written by Daniel Edwards
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 05:24 PM |
Daniel Edwards looks into the final few weeks of El Diego's tenure with the Albiceleste...
Watching Diego Maradona trudge off the field in Johannesburg, after his Argentina side had been humiliated in a World Cup quarter-final by Germany, few expected the coach to ever sit on the Albiceleste bench again. These expectations have been fulfilled by the AFA's declaration that they will not be renewing the controversial legend's contract; the only surprise is that it took weeks of drawn-out wrangling to do it, a period in which neither party covered themselves in glory or integrity.
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Argentina Squad For Ireland Friendly Announced |
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Written by Daniel Edwards
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 05:17 PM |
Ever Banega and Ezequiel Lavezzi are among the new faces in the Albiceleste squad...
The Argentine FA have released the list of players who will dispute Argentina's friendly against Ireland in Dublin on August 11.
The Albiceleste are currently without a coach, after last night's news that Diego Maradona's ties with the national team will not be renewed. Youth coach and assistant Sergio Batista will take the reins in Dublin against Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland side. The official press release however confirms that this squad was in fact selected by Maradona before leaving.
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OFFICIAL: Argentine Football Federation Will Not Renew Diego Maradona's Contract |
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Written by Rick D'Andrea
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 05:20 PM |
The 49-year-old will no longer be in charge of the national team...
The AFA have confirmed that Diego Maradona will not continue as Argentina's head coach, in a short statement released on their website.
"The AFA President, Julio Grondona, informed the members of the executive committee about his conversations with Diego Maradona, exposing the important points of the meeting", the communique released on Tuesday evening begins.
"The executive committee fully and unanimously resolved not to renew the contract of Diego Maradona as head coach of the Argentina nationa team."
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Written by Sam Kelly
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Sunday, July 04, 2010 05:32 PM |
On Friday afternoon Buenos Aires was treated to a symphony of car horns in celebration of Brazil's World Cup exit at the hands of Netherlands, and most Argentines were supporting Uruguay against Ghana, bizarrely. Twenty-four hours on the atmosphere here had turned. It's funny what raised expectations can do.
Let's try and keep some sense of perspective here. This hasn't been a disastrous campaign as a whole from Argentina. Those of us who were sceptical about Diego Maradona's abilities suspected the quarter-finals should be the natural level of the squad he'd named, whilst there were those who suggested that even that was an optimistic view. A few, believing in Maradona's record as a player and his powers of motivation, thought Argentina could win the thing.
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