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Maradona sacked as Argentina's football coach | Argentine Football Association has decided not to renew Diego Maradona's contract, showing him the door as the country's football coach before he could resign. The
Argentine Football Association decision on Tuesday comes three-and-half-weeks
after Maradona coached team led by ace playmaker Lionel Messi was eliminated from
the World Cup. "Diego shut himself off to any change. Diego has all the right
to do what he wants. But so does AFA," said executive committee member Luis Segura
on Argentine television. The federation had offered Maradona a four-year contract
through the 2014 World Cup, but Maradona said he would do so only if his entire
staff remained. That was unacceptable to AFA president Julio Grondona. He had
asked for several assistants to be replaced, including Maradona's close friend
Alejandro Mancuso. The federation said its executive committee unanimously decided
to not keep Mardona, The Washington Post reports. AFA spokesman Ernesto Cherquis
Bialo called the decision "very painful," but said there was no way to solve the
impasse. "The president said that there was a significant difference between what
AFA wanted to achieve and Maradona's aspirations for the future. There was a wide
gap, and it was impossible to narrow it," Cherquis Bialo said. Bialo said there
might be a role in the future for Maradona. Youth team manager Sergio Batista
was appointed interim coach for the August 11 exhibition match at Ireland , followed
by a September 7 home exhibition match against world champion Spain. |
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