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'Where's my week gone?!' I can hear you inwardly asking. Don't worry you've not been in a coma
since Monday. Due to the upcoming World Cup qualifiers (notably that between Argentina and Brazil
in Rosario on Saturday) the AFA have moved the third round of the Torneo Apertura to midweek.
Rosario Central vs River [.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The AFA website was hacked and Diego Maradona was photoshopped wearing a Brazil shirt. The
ultimate insult.
And the coach's image is taking a beating. Support from his die hard fans is eroding. Almost 70%
of them believe it will be Maradona's fault if Argentina fail to qualify for SA.
Recent Melbourne Victory supporters' protest
Big Story
It's an absurdly hyperbolic headline from the Roar, but their
story of surveillance of fans is a little concerning, especially in the context of the long failure
of the Australian football authorities to understand that heavy-handed restrictions and
knuckle-headed security is not the way to grow the sport in a country with far more established
sporting cultures.
En la vida las decisiones deben ser bien pensadas pero con tiempo de anticipación y eso fue lo
que menos hizo el Sr Guillermo Franco.
Hace unos días informamos a ustedes que "El Guille" se había
contratado con Estudiantes de la Plata de Argentina pero hoy se dio la noticia de
que Franco podría no jugar el torneo argentino.
Needless to say, the blame for Argentina's failings are falling on one easy, obvious target.
Coach Diego Maradona.
Here are some of the local press-clippings:
"This Maradona has shown dramatically that he wasn't born to coach, that his glorious
image was useful at first, but no more," the Diario Popular newspaper wrote in Thursday's
editions.
Over the weekend, some apparently unhappy Argentine fans hacked the website of the Asociacion del
Futbol Argentino (AFA).
The posted a still photo of old Maradona ad where he's dressed in a Brazilian kit.
Soccer in that country is becoming a joke. They need to get rid of him ASAP, before he rids the
world of some great talent in 2010.
Well that was a brief road trip. Diego Maradona's and the AFA's protracted falling-out with River
Plate over the state of the Estadio Monumental pitch led to River putting up posters proclaiming
'16 years unbeaten at the Monumental...' in the wake of the 3-1 defeat to Brazil in Rosario last
week. On Tuesday it was [.
"El barbon siempre me ha ayudado antes y espero que lo haga otra vez." Esas fueron las palabras de
Maradona en una reciente entrevista con FIFA.com sobre la posibilidad de que Argentina se quede
fuera del Mundial. Claro, cuando se refiere a que Barbas lo ha ayudado antes, Diego se refiere a la
vez que salio vivo despues que fue hospitalizado por hepatitis aguda toxica y de su pasado con la
drogas, sobrepeso y todo eso.
El terror de las damas, ex-obispo y ahora presidente de Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, afirmo con cierta
firmeza que Paraguay le gana a Argentina por 2-0 este miercoles, esta tan seguro de una victoria
Paraguaya que si pierden esta dispuesto a reconocer a uno de sus hijos ilegitimos. PLOP.
-ole-
Diego Maradona's power is being taken away. Carlos Bilardo is being asked to step in and help
with player selection.
Julio Grondona had requested Maradona to avail of Bilardo's advise after the Bolivia drubbing
but the manager who won Argentina the 1986 World Cup and helped catapult Maradona to the world
stage has been marginalized with little input in the selection.
Boca Juniors y River Plate, dos gigantes del futbol Argentino se encuentran en los ultimos lugares
en la tabla de posiciones. Despues de cinco fechas River Plate ya no juega a nada, los jugadores se
ven sin alma y direccion y no generan nada. Centeno, err que diga Gorosito no implanta su juego
despues de nueve meses en el mando.
The executive committee of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) confirmed that the Argentine
national team will return to playing at River Plate's Monumental stadium for next month's 2010
World Cup match with Peru.
