Why Maradona cant stop talking about Argentina vs Brazil?
Saturday’s big World Cup qualifying match is approaching. As his team gets ready to run onto the field, Argentina’s coach runs off at the mouth. It was about six weeks ago that Diego Armando Maradona started talking nonstop, and he is still at it. If volubility is a sign of nervousness, then Argentina’s national soccer coach is running scared — and for good reason. In the most important of the 40 World Cup qualifying matches being played worldwide this weekend, Argentina hosts Brazil in Rosario on Saturday. It is a match Maradona’s team has to win — both for the prestige and for the points. Only the top four teams from South America are guaranteed a spot at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Going into this weekend, Brazil is in first place in the standings and Argentina is in fourth. An Argentine defeat would leave Maradona’s team possibly facing a fifth-place finish and a potentially tricky two-game playoff series with a team from the North and Central American and Caribbean regio
It was about six weeks ago that Diego Armando Maradona started talking nonstop, and he is still at it. If volubility is a sign of nervousness, then Argentina’s national soccer coach is running scared — and for good reason. In the most important of the 40 World Cup qualifying matches being played worldwide this weekend, Argentina hosts Brazil in Rosario on Saturday. It is a match Maradona’s team has to win — both for the prestige and for the points. Only the top four teams from South America are guaranteed a spot at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Going into this weekend, Brazil is in first place in the standings and Argentina is in fourth. An Argentine defeat would leave Maradona’s team possibly facing a fifth-place finish and a potentially tricky two-game playoff series with a team from the North and Central American and Caribbean region, maybe the U.S. or Mexico. A home loss on Saturday also would be even more humiliating for Argentina than the 6-1 drubbing Maradona’s team suff
But Brazil’s strength and Argentina’s injury woes have Maradona nervous. This is his first really vital test since he was the surprising and controversial … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNGO9l48XvAd6JG8LTqisZjdgHrfIw&cid=1304195004&ei=s3CiSuDIB6jm9ATcvscR&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fsports%2Fla-sp-soccer-argentina-brazil4-2009sep04%2C0%2C6502045.
