Posts Tagged ‘Maradona’

Diego Maradona is no longer coach of Argentina, and as you would expect, he has gone down in a blaze of glory and accusations!!

On the day Argentina lost to Germany, the day Diego calls his day of mourning, he was told by his seniors in front of the players that he had done well and they wanted him to stay as national coach. I have to agree with this part, i do think he did well, the German team that faced Argentina that night were in devastating form.

Over the next 24 hours however things took a turn in the wrong direction for Diego. Maradona claims Carlos Bilardo the national team manager worked in the shadows to get Maradona out. They told him they wanted to keep him as coach, however they wanted him to sack 7 of his back room staff.

This was not an option for Diego, who i get the feeling would be extremely loyal to the people around him. When he refused to let them go, his contract renewal offer was withdrawn and alas, he is no longer coach!

One thing i dont get about this story is who Carlos Bilardo is, in the story he is described as the national team manager, to us English that’s the person who calls the shots, if this is right then what exactly was Maradona?

Source: BBC