Posts Tagged ‘ Diego Maradona ’

Spain's patched up team get the benefit of the doubt after a 4-1 defeat by Argentina but do look out for any signs of weakness in the upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers.
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• 49-year-old wants to keep team from World Cup together• 'If they touch a hair of one of my guys, I'm going'The Argentina coach, Diego Maradona, is keen to sign a new contract – as long as he is allowed to retain his entire backroom staff.The 49...
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A Brazilian tech company doctored these transformations for our amusement. Something which may be very simple but to the technologically unevolved (present!) still stands in the end as wonderfully cool. At least in the case of Dunga. Diego’s (below), however, is artistic metaphor. Someone whose transformations have run the full spectrum of one human’s physical...
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Diego Maradona will apparently be offered a new four year deal to stay on Argentina coach when he meets with Football Association president Julio Grondona next week. At first I thoughtn the BBC were just making things up to fill a slow news days. But a bit of Googling and translating reveals that the...
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• AFA to meet Maradona next week• Contract will reach to 2014 World CupThe Argentina head coach, Diego Maradona, is to be offered a new four-year contract.The Argentinian Football Association has announced the plan and its president, Julio Grondona...
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For the third time in Dutch history, the Oranje are in the World Cup final. It’s something that all Dutch fans – and most fans of the beautiful game – have been hoping for since the days of total football, and at long last the Netherlands have reached the promised land. Now, striker Robin van...
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There's been little sign of sanity or dignity as the World Cup circus has rolled through South Africa - which is a bonus for us as we look back at the most bizarre pictures that have come our way in recent weeks. Fools, lunatics and Dirk Kuyt - they're...
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Fortunately it’s an animated Diego – not the real thing because Argentina did not win the World Cup, therefore millions of Argentine eyes were spared from the unsightly – but a naked Diego nonetheless. And one which is probably spot ...
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This weeks Offside View ponders who the supreme being is actually supporting at the 2010 World Cup. Think Germany will lift the World Cup? Bet with Betfair and get £25 free! Quality CaughtOffside T-Shirts AvailableSportsmen have always been a religious bunch, although usually it’s manifested in them believing they are indeed the messiah. This...
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Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona continue to divide opinions in Argentina after Germany deflated the sky blue balloonWith 40 million or so football experts, the post-mortem into Argentina's brutal elimination from the World Cup is thorough and at times ...
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It’s not necessarily a resignation, but it certainly seems like Argentina’s Diego Maradona experiment is over, even if nothing is official. “There, my cycle is over. I gave it everything I had. “Now I want to spend time with my family.” For most neutral fans, this will seem like a disappointment because he provided the fringe...
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Diego Maradona and his beaten team were given a rapturous welcome back to Buenos Aires but the former playing great did not solve Argentina's problems at the World Cup, he merely disguised them for a while.
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• Heinze urges Maradona to remain Argentina coach• 'I will defend the selection and this group,' says HeinzeGabriel Heinze has urged Diego Maradona not to make a snap decision on his future as the manager of Argentina.In the immediate aftermath of ...
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Maradona has given us memories to cherish during the World Cup- and just so you don't forget, here are the highlights20 MAY 'WHAT AN ARSEHOLE YOU ARE!' Diego arrives an hour late at Argentina FA headquarters to announce his World Cup squad of 23, and d...
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Midfielder is a linchpin in the German machine that dismantled Argentina's hopes of taking the titleDuring an enjoyably acrimonious build-up to the Cape Town quarter-final Diego Maradona asked, in a mock German accent: "What's the matter, Schweinsteige...
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Rearrange these words. Pram. Toys. Throw. Baby Think Argentina will lift the World Cup? Bet with Betfair and get £25 free! Quality CaughtOffside T-Shirts AvailableWhilst its understandable that Diego Maradona would have been quite stunned by his side’s thrashing at the hands of Germany it does seem a little churlish for the Argentine boss...
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Uruguay striker says that goalline handball which helped team into semi-finals means he has taken Maradona's titleDiego Maradona step aside: there is a new pretender to the throne of most vilified World Cup figure. Step forward Luis Suárez, the Urugua...
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• 'I may leave tomorrow,' admits Argentina coach post-defeat• 'The day I stopped playing could have been similar to this'Diego Maradona says his future as Argentina coach is unclear after the team's 4-0 loss to Germany in the World Cup quarter-fina...
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Diego Maradona has still to make a decision on his future. Despite Friday's heavy defeat by Germany there are many reasons why he deserves a second chance.
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Diego Maradona and Argentina are out of World Cup 2010, after a brutal 4-0 defeat to Germany. I imagine quite a few will be saying good riddance to El Diego, especially England fans still angry about 1986 and the Hand of God. But I’m very genuinely going to miss him. Obviously Maradona has some issues....
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