Argentina coach Maradona held his first training session with his World Cup squad on Thursday, and said he had high hopes for the June 11 - July 11 tournament in South Africa. Note that this picture isn't from the training session!"Our World Cup starts today because we start work with 17 players. We have high hopes," said Maradona, who led Argentina to FIFA World Cup glory in 1986.
Maradona was without five players for his first trip onto the paddock with his South Africa-bound squad. Sergio Aguero played in Wednesday's Spanish Cup final for his club Atletico Madrid, while Inter Milan duo Walter Samuel and Diego Milito, and Bayern Munich's Martin Demichelis are all in Madrid ahead of Saturday's UEFA Champions League final. Clemente Rodriguez and Juan Sebastian Veron were to play for Estudiantes later today.
Two-time champions Argentina were drawn alongside Nigeria, UEFA EURO 2004 champions Greece and 2002 semi-finalists South Korea in Group B and begin their campaign against the African side on 12 June.
Of course I'm married to an Argentine gal, so I kind of/sort of have to "cheer" them on these days, unless they are playing England OBVIOUSLY, but it's tough to forgive and forget this from (can you believe) 24 years ago! You'll notice the commentator for the second goal is Martin Tyler who will be commentating on ESPN this summer.
And this is how the Argentine commentator described the secong goal! Football is religion in Argentina, so the commentators do tend to get a bit carried away! It's just not the way and Englishman would do it! To my lovely wife and Argentine in-laws, I hope your team does well this summer, just not as well as mine!
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