Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona appointed new coach of Argentina
SLICE BREAD said
16:24 10/28 2008
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona was named coach of the national side here on Tuesday according to 1986 World Cup winning coach Carlos Bilardo after he came out of a meeting with Argentinian Football Association president Julio Grondona.
The 48-year-old - who almost singlehandedly led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup trophy - won crucial support last week in his bid to become the next Argentina coach when the man charged with finding Alfio Basile's successor threw his weight behind the World Cup winning skipper.
'I'd like Maradona to be the next coach,' said Noray Nakis, the president of the Argentina Football Association (AFA) selection commission.
Basile resigned a fortnight ago after a World Cup qualifying defeat to Chile.
Maradona faced competition for the job from Carlos Bianchi, the former coach of Boca Juniors, whom he led to four national league titles, San Lorenzo coach Miguel Angel Russo and Sergio Batista who took the Under-23 squad to Olympic gold in Beijing in August.
SLICE BREAD said
19:45 10/28 2008
mad ting
princekris said
19:47 10/28 2008
maadddddd. di big man step up again for his country. world cup a guh sickkkkk
GA said
11:08 10/29 2008
I think it's just a token...he has done so much for Argentina that they think he deserves it.
Just can't see it doing anything for Argentinian football though...sorry!
Mixed said
11:10 10/29 2008
mad for true lets see how tings work out for di next world cup
smooth one said
11:23 10/30 2008
They should have promoted Batista wher z Maradona's record what trophies has he won.
CArlmak said
19:37 10/30 2008
i dont think its a gud move for argentina..i wil b surprised if he does well
tibolo said
08:34 10/31 2008
its a good thing for argentina... it may will increase the team's self-confidence to improve argentina's global performance
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona was named coach of the national side here on Tuesday according to 1986 World Cup winning coach Carlos Bilardo after he came out of a meeting with Argentinian Football Association president Julio Grondona.
The 48-year-old - who almost singlehandedly led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup trophy - won crucial support last week in his bid to become the next Argentina coach when the man charged with finding Alfio Basile's successor threw his weight behind the World Cup winning skipper.
'I'd like Maradona to be the next coach,' said Noray Nakis, the president of the Argentina Football Association (AFA) selection commission.
Basile resigned a fortnight ago after a World Cup qualifying defeat to Chile.
Maradona faced competition for the job from Carlos Bianchi, the former coach of Boca Juniors, whom he led to four national league titles, San Lorenzo coach Miguel Angel Russo and Sergio Batista who took the Under-23 squad to Olympic gold in Beijing in August.
Just can't see it doing anything for Argentinian football though...sorry!