Leading Argentina To Glory A Distant Dream To Diego?

The game of football and the world cup have been hovering around two countries until today. Argentina and Brazil. They were the forerunners of a style that made the spectators dance, singing goal goal goal ale ale ale... Latin American football, like its landscape, is certainly romantic by all means, with talents like Diego Maradona , Pele, Ronaldinjo, and many more like Lionel Messi dancing with the ball to keep smiles of hunger stricken millions.

In the world cup foot ball qualifiers, the god, however, has once again disappointed followers of team Argentina around the globe that according to football critics eventually would provide an exit for Diego from the game forever.

The war between Brazil and Argentina in other words was the war between the Brazilian veteran Pele and the Argentine god Diego Armando Maradona. With Pele's recent reference to Afredo De Stafano, who played in threee different national sides, as the best footballer he has ever seen, rejecting Maradona to the title, the war has opened up new corridors.

Diego, who has been handpicked by Internet users as the FIFA Player of the Century in a poll, has got 34 goals under his belt and most importantly, is known for leading the side to glory in the 1986 world cup. The first goal he scored in the finals was an unpenalized handball , which later came to be known "Hand of God", while the second goal stemmed from a scintillating dribbling for about 60-metre covering six England players, commonly referred to as "The Goal of the Century".


Among other celebrities who loved to be part of controversies, Maradona is not different. If Micheal Jackson lived in the news for leading an anarchic life as well as the king of pop, Diego was pinned up for the first time by the press for issues that includes raising voice against the Pope. Maradona also got the attention of the press for his friendship with Hugo Chavez, and Fidel Castro. All these facts, however, would not help him overcome the the present hurdle that is winning the rest two matches as well as the play off.




Questions raised in the live coverage by The Guardian web site might be the real hurdle that Diego has to think about again and again to jump over. Some questions follows.




1.Should he play the old players like Veron in the next match or should he stick to the new players?




2.Should he re-think on his stand against Juan Roman Riquelme, who played for Barcelona, Villarreal and Bocca Juniors and recently lead Argentina to World Cup quarter-finals?




3.How should Lionel Messi and Sergio Auguero be manged as the spearheads in the Argentine attack?


However, a survey conducted by Carlos Fara and Associates revealed growing anguish among the Argentines over the deafeats as it revealed 67% of them lost faith in Diego as they needed him to be sacked.Only 22% of them stayed in his side with only three games to spare - one, a match at home with Peru, the second against Uruguay and a two-legg playoff against the team securing fourth in the CONCACAF.


Responding to the situation, Diego, however, dropped seven players from the embattled side in an effort to make a new 'Team Argentina', while adding Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain to spice up the forward line up for the first time. Pablo Aimar secured a berth as a midfielder.


The unlucky players who lost thier position are Fernando Gago, Javier Zanetti, Jesus Datolo, Maxiliano Rodriguez, Lisandro Lopez, Pablo Carrizo and Nicolas Burdisso.


According to media reports, the new chemisrty of strickers for the rest of the games is Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Diego Milito, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Sergio Aguero, Carloz Tavez. The midfield that has been liquified after Riquelme quit the side now comprises of Javier Mascherano, Jonas Gutierrez, Angel Di Maria, Pablo Aimar, Luis Gonzalez with defenders lining up behind as Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolas Pareja, Fabricio Coloccini, Gabriel Hienze, Emiliano Insua. Sergio Romero, Mariano Andujar are the goal keepers.


COMMENT:

As for now these are the facts, but how one dares to predict what a genius would do in the next hour…? yes it will be like trying to walk on water. A world class player like Pele is supposed to make world class comments; however, he failed to make one. Diego was not merely the member of a regional school team, but one who is familiar to modern world class football or the present generations. All the world of his fans may be frustrated over this situation but none could ever think of Argentina losing the qualifiers for the simple reason that Diego had performed magic for them with his dribbling, making Argentina proud several times for being home to the man with the hand of god. Whole world wants Argentina to be there in the mega event, simply to cheer, to criticize, and hopefully to celebrate a grand final between Brazil and Argentina.