Changing room chat: Maradona blots Argentina out

DIEGO Maradona has been unable to watch Argentina play since losing the coaching job with the national team after a disappointing performance in the 2010 World Cup. The Argentina legend, now coach of Al Wasl in Dubai, said: “I miss my country. The national team, I have not been able to watch them. The feeling is stronger than me.”

By The Newsroom

Published 13th Sep 2011, 01:28 BST

Before taking over as coach of Argentina in 2008, he had coached Deportivo Mandiyu in 1994 and Racing Club in 1995. In both cases, he left before his contract was up.