soccernet.espn.go.com - 10/29/2008
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Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona is set to be named coach of the national side after he came out of a meeting with Argentinian Football Association president Julio Grondona on Tuesday. The Albicelestes have been without a coach since Alfio Basile stepped down for personal reasons on ...
nytimes.com - 11/4/2008
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nytimes.com —
Diego Maradona, the country’s 48-year-old sporting titan, will
try his hand at an all-too-earthly task: coaching Argentina’s...
men’s national soccer team, which has failed to reach the semifinals of the World Cup since “El Diego” himself starred for it in 1986 and 1990...
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NY TIMES: An earthly realm for a soccer god --- the ...
fifa.com - 10/31/2008
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fifa.com —
(from FIFA.com) Considered by many to be the
finest footballer ever, Argentina legend Diego Armando Maradona is...
just days away from fulfilling his greatest remaining ambition: coaching his beloved 'Albiceleste'. --- The mythical No10 will be officially named as the 42nd senior national team coach.
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ARGENTINA: Diego Maradona will be introduced as manager ...
theage.com.au - 10/29/2008
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theage.com.au —
(from The Age.com) Diego Maradona shared FIFA's Player
of the Century award with Brazilian legend Pele. ---...
A glittering career at national level brought him a World Cup winners medal in Mexico in 1986; late Tuesday, he was confirmed as the new hire to manage the national team...
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ARGENTINA turns to Maradona to coach national team ...
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Maradona To Be Hired As Argentina National Soccer Coach
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Let me just first say that this has to be - without question - the craziest idea in sports history. Argentina, against all possible rational thought, has decided to make Diego Maradona their national soccer team head coach ...
DIEGO MARADONA STILL FAT, USELESS
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This handsome and not-at-all-guido-looking gentleman is Argentine soccer legend Diego “Burrito Dos Manos” Maradona. Maradona is on the verge of being named the next head coach of the Argentine national team. Because who better to entrust with your nation’s rich football heritage than a man with limited coaching experience who has snorted enough cocaine to fill an aircraft carrier?
”My first job will be watching the players. I’ll try to talk to them one by one and then work at the training camp in Ezeiza with them.”
After carefully watching the players, Maradona plans to give them detailed ...
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ESPNsoccernet 10/28/2008
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona was named coach of the national side on Tuesday according to 1986 World Cup winning coach Carlos Bilardo after he came out of a meeting with Argentinian Football Association president Julio Grondona. ...
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