“Argentina ends Diego Maradona’s reign as coach” | Global Media Post

“Argentina ends Diego Maradona’s reign as coach”

July 30th, 2010 | Posted in Sport | Author: Editor

“The Argentine Football Association has elected not to renew Diego Maradona’s contract as national team coach.
Doubts had surrounded the 49-year-old’s future ever since a tense meeting with AFA president Julio Grondona yesterday (AEST) and newspapers had spent the day speculating on who would succeed the man who led the team to victory as star player at the 1986 World Cup. ‘The president put some salient points to Maradona in their long conversation ’, AFA spokesman Ernesto Cherquis Bialo said. ‘And the executive committee unanimously resolved not to renew Maradona’s contract as technical director of the national teams’. As an inexperienced coach, Maradona’s record over 18 months was less than stellar and the team only qualified for the World Cup finals by the skin of its teeth. Although several players had spoken up for him after a run to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, where Germany proved too strong, the AFA decided it was time to give the job to someone else. Maradona had said earlier in the week that he hoped to continue in his role but only on condition he could keep his backroom staff, including faithful assistant Alejandro Mancuso. Media reports suggested that Grondona had vetoed that wish”

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