Day Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Diego Maradona's reign as Argentina coach has ended, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) has confirmed. Maradona admitted he wanted to stay in the job ahead of a meeting with AFA president Julio Grondona on Monday. But, after Maradona rejected demands to change his backroom team, the AFA voted not to renew his deal and made under-20 coach Sergio Batista caretaker boss. Argentina crashed out of the 2010 World Cup finals at the quarter-final stage, where they lost 4-0 to Germany. A statement on the AFA website read: "Mr Julio Grondona made the members of the executive committee aware of the conversation with Mr Diego Maradona, setting out the points which had come out from the meeting. "The executive committee unanimously resolved not to renew the contract with Mr Diego Maradona as coach of the Argentina national football team." AFA spokesman Ernesto Cherquis Bialo added: "Maradona's requirements were very far from the FA's possibilities." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8854703.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Nobody could supply that amount of coke without someone finding out at FIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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